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TESTIMONIAL  OF  RESPECT 


OF 

THE  BAR  OF  CHICAGO 


TO  'JAEEE  MEMORY  OF 


HON.  GEORGE  MAN1ERRE, 

Funeral,  Addresses,  Resolutions,  &c., 


ALSO,  THE 


FUNERAL  DISCOURSE  OF  REV.  DR.  PATTERSON. 


J\fos  soimus  quia  lex  hona  est , model  quis  ea 
uiatur  legitime  ” 


TESTIMONIAL  OF  RESPECT 


OF 


THE  BAR  OF  CHICAGO 


TO  rI’HK  MEMORY  OF 


HON.  GEORGE  MANIERRE, 

Funeral,  Addresses,  Resolutions,  &c., 


ALSO,  THE 


FUNERAL  DISCOURSE  OF  REV.  R.  W.  PATTERSON. 


JVos  soimus  quia,  lex  bona  est,  modo  quis  ea 
utatur  legitime  ” 


CHICAGO  :X 


DUNLOP,  SEWELL  & SPALDING,  PRINTERS,  40  CLARK  STREET. 


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M^rl8c 


INTRODUCTION. 


Perhaps  no  event  has  ever  happened  that  has 
caused  a more  profound  and  universal  sensation  of 
sorrow  throughout  the  City  of  Chicago  than  the 
death  of  the  late  Hon.  George  Maxierre.  He  died 
on  Thursday  night,  the  21st  day  of  May,  1863,  at 
twenty-three  minutes  before  Twelve  o’clock,  in  the 
forty-sixth  year  of  his  age,  at  his  residence  in 
Chicago. 

As  the  news  of  his  decease  extended  from  mouth 
to  mouth,  on  the  following  morning,  and  it  was  an- 
nounced in  all  the  city  newspapers,  there  was  a gen- 
eral feeling  of  depression  experienced  among  all 
classes  of  the  population.  The  Courts,  upon  assem- 
bling for  business  at  the  usual  hours,  all  adjourned 
out  of  respect  to  his  memory,  and  the  meeting  of 
the  Chicago  Bar,  which  was  announced  to  take  place 
in  the  Law  Library  that  afternoon,  was  the  largest 
meeting  of  that  kind  ever  witnessed  in  Chicago  since 
its  existence. 

The  Hon.  John  M.  Wilson  was  called  to  the  Chair, 
and  A.  C.  Coventry  was  appointed  Secretary.  On 
motion  of  Mr.  Hoyne,  a Committee  on  Resolutions 
was  appointed,  and  on  motion  of  Joseph  Knox,  Esq., 


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INTRODUCTION. 


a Committee  on  Arrangements  was  also  appointed. 
Both  Committees  were  instructed  to  report  at  an 
adjourned  meeting,  which,  pursuant  to  the  order  of 
adjournment,  took  place  on  the  following  day,  (Sat- 
urday,) the  23d  day  of  May,  in  the  “ Circuit  Court 
Room ,”  in  which  the  deceased  had  so  long  presided 
as  Judge  of  that  Court. 

On  this  day  of  the  adjourned  meeting,  the  attend- 
ance of  Members  of  the  Bar  was  unprecedented  as 
to  the  number  who  attended.  But  beside  this,  there 
were  present  a large  concourse  of  citizens  who  seemed 
yielding  to  some  common  impulse,  and  came  volun- 
tarily, answering  to  the  death  summons  which  had 
called  together  the  brethren  of  deceased  on  this  mel- 
ancholy occasion.  And  the  general  tone  of  sadness 
which  characterized  the  meeting  was  such  as  could 
only  be  manifested  in  the  presence  of  a great  public 
calamity.  All  felt  the  weight  of  a common  bereave- 
ment in  the  loss  of  him  whom  they  had  so  long 
known  as  the  upright  judge  and  the  eminent  citizen. 
The  Court  House  had  been  draped  in  mourning  at 
the  first  intelligence  of  his  death,  and  also  all  the 
public  offices  in  that  building.  And  now  the  Court 
Room  itself,  and  the  Judge’s  Chair  on  the  Bench  or 
Platform,  were  all  suitably  hung  in  black  and  white, 
while  the  National  Flag  behind  the  great  chair, 
which,  in  his  administration  of  the  office,  had  been, 
indeed,  so  often  recognized  as  the  “ Seat  of  Justice,” 
appeared  gracefully  festooned  with  all  the  tokens  of 
this  general  sorrow. 

Upon  this  occasion  Mr.  Hoyne,  the  friend  of  his 
boyhood,  and  the  life-long  associate  of  deceased,  read 


INTRODUCTION. 


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the  resolutions  from  the  Committee  which  appear  in 
the  proceedings,  and  these  were  followed  by  a num- 
ber of  the  most  affecting  and  eloquent  addresses, 
made  by  the  most  eminent  members  of  the  profes- 
sion in  the  city,  all  which  are  published  in  this 
pamphlet,  in  pursuance  of  a resolution  then  adopted. 
Hon.  Van  H.  Higgins  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Arrangements  that  the  Bar  should  attend  the 
funeral  next  day,  in  a body,  suitably  escorted,  and 
wear  the  usual  badges  of  mourning.  Twelve  pall- 
bearers were  appointed  among  the  family  friends  of 
deceased,  besides  twenty-four  members  of  the  Bar  as 
an  escort  of  honor  to  the  hearse  at  the  funeral.  The 
funeral  took  place  on  Sunday,  the  24th  day  of  May, 
from  the  2d  Presbyterian  Church,  on  Wabash  Ave- 
nue. The  body  was  escorted  from  the  residence  of 
deceased  to  the  church,  amid  the  tolling  of  the  city 
bells.  And  the  Common  Council  of  Chicago,  headed 
by  the  Mayor,  also  attended  in  a body,  in  pursuance 
of  a resolution  adopted  commemorating  the  virtues 
of  deceased,  and  properly  expressive  of  the  sympathy 
they  felt  with  the  general  grief. 

At  the  church  the  exercises  were  conducted  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Patterson,  who  delivered  a very  appropriate, 
earnest  and  eloquent  discourse,  in  which  he  beauti- 
fully eulogized  the  character  of  the  departed.  The 
remains  were  then  taken  and  attended  in  procession 
by  the  Bar,  the  Common  Council  and  the  body  of 
the  citizens  walking  behind  the  hearse  through  the 
city  to  Division  street,  and  the  interment  of  the 
body  took  place  in  Graceland  Cemetery. 


RESOLUTIONS  AND  REMARKS. 


Tiios.  Hoyne,  Esq.,  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  resolutions,  reported  from  the  Committee  the  fol- 
lowing Resolutions  : 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  His  wisdom,  to  remove 
from  among  us  the  Honorable  George  Manierre,  Judge  of  the  Seventh 
Judicial  Circuit  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  in  the  prime  of  his  years,  and 
in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness ; and, 

Whereas,  It  is  eminently  fitting  that  the  Bar  of  Chicago,  by  whom 
the  lamented  deceased  was  so  much  loved  and  honored,  should  express 
their  profound  sorrow  at  this  afflicting  dispensation,  by  a series  of  ap- 
propriate resolutions,  be  it  therefore 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Judge  Manierre,  the  State  of  Illinois 
has  lost  a citizen  as  noble  and  true-hearted  as  any  who  lives  in  her 
broad  expanse — the  seat  of  Justice  a Judge  worthy  of  all  confidence  and 
respect — and  the  Bar,  and  a large  and  sorrowing  circle  of  relatives  and 
friends,  a member  of  their  society  whose  exalted  personal  character  did 
him  and  them  more  honor  than  even  the  high  station  which  he  so 
worthily  filled. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  untimely  death  of  Judge  Manierre,  the  Bar, 
and  the  whole  community,  have  lost  an  officer  unsurpassed  in  the  pos- 
session of  jJI  those  sterling  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  which  beautify 
and  adorn  the  judicial  office — a profound  and  accurate  lawyer,  a just, 
faithful  and  laborious  judge,  and  a kind,  urbane  and  courteous  gentleman. 

Resolved,  That  the  Bar,  while  feeling  it  impossible  by  any  proceed- 
ing of  theirs,  on  this  melancholy  occasion,  to  staunch  the  arteries  of 
love  now  bleeding,  yet  feel  impelled  by  every  consideration  of  regard 
and  duty,  to  tender  to  the  afflicted  widow  and  family  of  the  deceased, 
this  respectful  token  of  their  sincere  and  heartfelt  sympathy  with  them, 
in  this,  the  hour  of  their  terrible  affliction. 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  HOYNE. 


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Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  of  this  meeting  do  appoint  one  mem- 
ber of  the  Bar  to  present  these  resolutions  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  now  in  session,  and  to  each  of  the  Courts  in  this  City,  with  the 
request  of  the  Bar  that  they  may  be  spread  upon  their  records. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  this  meeting  do  forward  a copy  of 
these  resolutions  to  the  widow  and  family  of  the  deceased.  And  that 
the  same  be  published  in  the  city  papers,  and  also  in  a newspaper  pub- 
lished at  Waukegan,  in  Lake  County. 

Resolved,  That  as  a further  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the 
distinguished  dead,  the  whole  proceedings  of  this  meeting  be  published 
in  pamphlet  form.  And  that  the  Bar,  in  a body,  do  accompany  his 
remains  to  their  last  resting  place,  and  do  wear  the  usual  badge  of 
mourning  for  thirty  days. 


Mr.  Hoyne,  after  reading  the  resolutions,  then  said 
that,  since  the  adjournment  of  the  meeting  on  yester- 
day, he  had,  in  connection  with  Judge  Wilson,  with  the 
consent  of  the  family  of  our  deceased  brother,  taken 
steps  to  secure  the  painting  of  a portrait  of  Judge 
Maxierre,  by  an  artist  of  this  city,  to  be  placed  in 
the  Law  Library  as  a further  testimony  of  the  res- 
pect in  which  his  memory  is  held  by  this  bar. 

And  now,  Mr.  President,  I feel  the  proper  moment 
has  arrived,  when,  if  I can  sufficiently  control  my 
emotions,  I,  more  than  all  others,  should  discharge 
a duty  to  my  life-long  friend  in  the  expression  of  my 
feelings  on  such  an  occasion  as  this.  And  yet  it  seems 
difficult,  if  not  impossible.  My  faculties  seem  paralyzed 
in  the  presence  of  this  bereavement,  as  if  a great  calam- 
ity had  befallen  me,  oppressing  all  the  powers  of  body 


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EEMAEKS  OF  ME.  HOYNE. 


as  well  as  soul  and  speech.  How  can  I ever  realize 
that  the  intimate  friend  and  associate — the  more  than 
a brother  for  over  thirty  years — is  dead  ? I will  not, 
therefore,  attempt  the  performance  of  a duty  which 
must  so  far  fall  short  of  the  justice  that  is  due  to 
his  memory.  Perhaps,  for  the  present,  I may  trust 
myself  to  speak  of  some  one  or  two  evidences  in  his 
life — of  talents  and  mental  attainments,  which,  to 
those  who  only  knew  him  as  the  Judge,  would  little 
dream  he  had  ever  possessed  or  cultivated. 

In  the  years  1833  and  1834,  when  it  was  my  good 
fortune  to  form  those  close  and  intimate  relations  of 
friendship,  which  have  always  continued  without  a 
single  interruption,  Geoege  Manieeee,  then  about  17 
years  of  age,  was  a contributor  of  many  articles  of 
great  literary  merit  to  such  papers  as  the  u New  York 
Mirror ,”  then  controlled  by  George  P.  Morris,  and 
to  which  such  writers  as  Irving,  Willis  and  Bryant 
were  constant  contributors.  Many  of  his  efforts  in 
prose,  as  well  as  in  poetry,  were  frequently  copied  in 
other  leading  periodicals  and  newspapers  of  that  day. 
He  was  also  a member  of  “ The  New  York  Literary 
Association,”  of  which,  also,  such  names  as  Horace 
Greeley,  Hon.  Judge  Daley,  now  of  the  Common 
Pleas  Court  of  New  York  ; Hon.  Elijah  Ward  and 
Hon.  William  B.  Maclay,  Member  of  the  National 
Congress,  and  many  others  distinguished  in  the  po- 
litical and  professional  departments  of  life,  constituted 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  HOYXE. 


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the  roll  of  membership.  Before  leaving  the  city  of 
New  York,  in  the  winter  of  1834,  Judge  Maxierre 
attended  the  4th  or  5th  Anniversary  Supper,  at  which 
all  the  persons  above  named,  and  who  are  still  living, 
were  present.  It  is,  was,  ever  will  be,  one  among 
the  happiest  recollections  of  our  mutual  boyhood, 
that,  upon  that  occasion,  we  had  sat  together,  and 
could  frequently  talk  over  the  incidents  of  that  fes- 
tival night. 

Sir,  we  know  that  we  have  lost  in  George  Ma- 
xierre  a profound  jurist,  an  exemplary  citizen,  and 
an  upright  judge.  The  whole  community  is  deploring 
tbis  loss  in  common  with  the  bar.  There  are  com- 
paratively few,  however,  that  know  the  talents  for  a 
long  time  exercised,  and  the  influence  wielded  by  him 
as  a profound  thinker  on  political  subjects,  and  a 
vigorous  writer.  For  years,  one  of  the  first  journals 
published  in  this  city  was  enriched  by  contributions 
from  his  pen,  among  the  files  of  which,  the  best  po- 
litical articles  ever  written  in  this  city  will  be  found. 
He  had  studied  deeply  all  eminent  American  writers 
on  Government ; had  an  extensive  reading,  as  well  as 
ardent  love  of  general  history ; was  well  versed  in  the 
principles  of  social  science  and  political  economy ; 
with  a naturally  comprehensive  mind,  never  satisfied 
with  the  glitter  of  a subject,  unless  the  real  value 
of  the  ore  was  to  be  found  beneath ; and  all  this  illus- 
trated by  a clear  and  forcible  style,  made  his  articles 


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models  of  excellence  in  political  writing  for  informa- 
tion, influence,  and  popular  effect. 

When  I look  up  at  this  drapery  of  woe,  his  judi- 
cial seat  and  this  Court  House,  all  draped  in  mourning, 
I only  think  that  what  is  now  local  might  have  been 
felt  by  the  whole  nation,  for  whose  service  nature 
had  fitted  him — had  he  not  ever  entertained  an  un- 
conquerable repugnance  to  what  may  be  regarded  by 
some  as  the  minutiae  of  politics.  For,  in  my  estimate 
of  him  and  his  qualities,  he  was  a great  man  as  well 
as  good  citizen , equal  to  the  highest  achievements  of 
amoition,  but  despising  the  arts  of  those  in  our  mod- 
ern days,  who,  in  climbing  to  power,  sacrifice  their 
self-respect,  and  trample  on  the  securities  of  public 
virtue,  making  the  end  sanctify  every  means  of  suc- 
cess. This  he  regarded  too  much  for  him,  as  a man, 
ever  to  surrender. 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  Chicago,  the  deceased 
will  be  ever  remembered,  not  so  much  for  the  career 
of  usefulness  during  the  past  twenty-eight  years 
which  he  honorably  achieved,  as  for  the  scrupulous 
fidelity  that  distinguished  his  discharge  of  all  the 
trusts  committed  to  him. 

In  1835,  entering  the  office  of  Spring  & Goodrich, 
to  pursue  his  law  studies,  which  he  had  commenced 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  the  office  of  the  emin- 
ent Counsellor,  Judge  Brinckerhoff,  where  I succeed- 
ed him  at  the  same  desk  he  had  occupied  before  his 


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removal  to  Chicago  ; lie  then  became  Deputy  Clerk 
of  the  Circuit  Court  in  which  he  so  recently  pre- 
sided as  the  Judge.  He  became  noted  for  his  accu- 
racy and  despatch  of  the  business  of  the  Court,  and 
nearly  all  the  early  records  of  this  Court  will  be 
found  in  his  hand-writing. 

After  his  admission  to  the  Bar  in  1841,  he,  in 
1844,  became  the  Law  Officer  of  the  city.  He  soon 
after  this,  under  a Committee  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, digested  and  revised  the  first  Charter  of  the  city 
passed  in  1837,  and  all  other  acts,  then  loosely  scat- 
tered, and  inadequate  to  the  wants  of  a rapidly  in- 
creasing population,  into  One  Act.  He  also  revised 
and  digested  all  the  ordinances,  the  whole  being 
published  and  bound  in  a single  volume,  and  consti- 
tuting the  basis  of  all  the  subsequent  improvements 
which  the  city  has  since,  from  its  rapid  growth,  re- 
quired. 

He  consented  to  fill  one  term  as  an  Alderman  of 
the  city,  to  promote  some  beneficial  legislation  with 
respect  to  the  schools  and  other  interests  of  the  city. 
He  was  elected  the  School  Commissioner  of  the  County 
in  the  year  1843,  which  he  filled* for  eight  years,  and 
succeeded  in  retrieving  that  fund  from  the  low  con- 
dition to  which  it  had  been  reduced  by  improvident 
loans  and  negligent  management  during  the  rage  of 
speculation  in  the  years  1836  and  1837,  and  the  pe- 
riod of  insolvency  which  succeeded.  He  was  after- 


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wards  appointed  tlie  Master  in  Chancery  of  the 
County,  by  the  Hon.  Hugh  T.  Dickey,  then  Judge 
of  the  Circuit  Court,  which  office  he  filed  up  to  the 
time  of  his  own  election  as  Judge  of  the  same  Court 
in  1855,  from  which  high  position,  in  the  ripest  pe- 
riod of  his  usefulness,  he  has  been  removed  by  death. 

Croesus,  in  the  midst  of  his  riches,  asked  the  Athe- 
nian Philosopher  if  he  had  ever  known  a happier  man 
than  himself.  Solon  replied  by  citing  several  instances 
among  the  dead,  and  told  him  “ not  to  grow  inso- 
lent upon  present  enjoyments,  or  to  admire  any 
man’s  happiness  that  might  yet,  in  course  of  time, 
suffer  change.”  He  only  to  whom  Divinity  contin- 
ued happiness  unto  the  end,  the  Greeks  called  happy. 

So  in  this  instance,  as  we  sadly  retrace  this  record 
of  a life  well  spent  unto  the  end,  we  feel  the  weight 
of  our  grief  relieved  by  discovering  in  every  act  of 
life  that  consciousness  of  rectitude  and  absorbing 
devotion  to  duty,  that,  whether  in  public  employment 
or  in  private  life,  seems  to  have  regulated  all  his 
employments. 

In  a brief  retrospect  of  a career  like  this,  no 
painful  doubts  arise  that  truth  may  not  justify  the 
tribute  of  eulogy  which  sorrowing  friends  are  ever 
anxious  to  render  unto  the  memory  of  one  well  be- 
loved. 

The  eulogy  of  Judge  Manierre  is  upon  the  records 
of  that  court  which  he  adorned  so  long.  It  is  in  the 


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memories  of  those  witnesses  now  present,  who  knew 
him  as  the  upright  Judge  and  the  great  Magistrate. 
Mere  words  will  not  suffice  to  render  all  the  meaning 
of  this  character  to  the  world  outside  the  bar  of  his 
court.  The  nearest  interpretation  of  such  a character, 
will  perhaps  be  found  in  the  language  of  Lord  Camp- 
bell, applied  to  Chief  Justice  Holt : 

“ He  may  be  considered  as  having  a genius  for 
Magistracy  as  much  as  Milton  had  for  Poetry,  or 
Wilkie  for  Painting.  He  ever  reasoned  logically, 
and  appeared  instinctively  acquainted  with  all  the 
feelings  of  the  human  heart,  and  versed  by  experi- 
ence in  all  the  ways  of  mankind.  He  had  a passion 
for  Justice,  by  which  he  was  constantly  actuated. 
To  it  he  sacrificed  literary  relaxation,  and  every- 
thing for  tasks  the  most  dull  and  revolting.” 

To  this  picture  of  one  of  England’s  most  highly- 
gifted  judges,  may  be  added  of  Judge  Manierre, 
that  in  addition  to  other  sacrifices  which  he  made 
to  his  “ passion  for  Justice,”  he  also  sacrificed  his 
life  a victim  to  the  confinement  he  endured,  and  the 
labors  he  performed.  He  illustrated  what  Bacon  says 
of  men  of  great  place — u That  they  are  strangers  to 
themselves,  and  wdiile  they  are  in  the  puzzle  of  busi- 
ness, they  have  no  time  to  attend  to  their  health, 
either  of  body  or  mind.”  Or,  according  to  Seneca, 
“ Heath  presses  heavily  upon  him,  who,  well  known 
to  all  others,  dies  unknown  to  himself.” 


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The  very  ]ast  words  uttered  by  our  beloved  Judge, 
while  life  was  fast  ebbing,  and  the  sweat  of  death 
was  upon  his  brow,,  each  word  costing  an  additional 
pang  of  suffering,  were  the  words  of  a judgment  en- 
tered in  behalf  of  some  waiting  suitor  at  his  bar, 
while  those  of  us  beside  that  bed  of  death  could  hear 
distinctly  the  words,  “ Plaintiff,” — “ Defendant,”  pro- 
nounced, and  some  of  the  figures  enumerated  as  the 
result,  yet  could  not  catch  from  his  difficult  breathing 
the  whole  of  that  final  sentence,  the  last  pronounced 
by  him  on  earth,  and  also  the  last  of  his  utterances, 
for,  a few  moments  after,  there  also  was  the  “last  of 
earth,”  as  it  closes  forever  upon  our  poor  mortality. 

But,  Mr.  President,  I must  close.  I have  too  much 
upon  my  mind.  I may  say  too  much  for  this  occa- 
sion, when  so  many  other  of  our  brethren  wish  to 
speak,  yet,  as  my  feelings  are  now,  I must  say  too 
little. 

Again,  I repeat,  there  can  be  no  painful  doubts 
arise  to  cloud  the  horizon  upon  the  setting  of  such  a 
life  as  his.  The  retrospect  is  clear  and  pleasant. 

His  career  upon  earth  has  ended,  but  his  acts  re- 
main subject  to  review  and  criticism.  All  his  motives 
and  conduct  challenge  the  scrutiny  of  his  brethren 
and  the  world.  A just  judge,  he  has  left  a reputa- 
tion for  unsullied  integrity.  A good  citizen,  he  bene- 
fitted  the  State.  A true  friend,  he  was  always  faithful; 
and  a profound  lawyer,  his  knowledge  was  used  to 


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benefit  and  elevate  his  profession.  A sound  politician, 
he  never  descended  to  use  the  arts  of  the  demagogue ; 
and  a lover  of  his  country,  he  respected  her  constitu- 
tion and  laws,  though  he  doubted  the  wisdom  of 
some  of  the  institutions  which  those  laws  and  consti- 
tution permitted.  His  whole  life  is  an  example,  and 
his  whole  career  an  instructive  lesson,  to  be  pondered 
upon  with  profit,  and  commended  for  example. 

But,  Mr.  Chairman,  it  would  ill  become  me  to 
close  this  imperfect  tribute  to  his  memory  without 
gratefully  recalling  the  fact,  that,  in  an  intimate  friend- 
ship of  over  thirty  years,  our  relations  continued  un- 
interrupted to  the  last.  The  sound  judgment  and  wise 
counsel  upon  which  I ever  leaned,  proved  to  me  in 
my  efforts  for  success,  that  he  could  be  implicitly 
trusted.  As  a lamp  to  my  feet  and  a guide  by  the 
way  was  his  wisdom  in  direction,  counsel,  and  en- 
couragement. 

His  offers  of  well-timed  assistance,  as  well  as  his 
solicitation,  brought  me  to  the  city  in  1837,  which  I 
would  have  again  abandoned  had  not  the  same  kind- 
ness and  counsel  prevailed  by  friendly  remonstrance 
against  it.  I commenced  the  study  of  a profession 
which,  to  one  without  friends  or  means  to  aid  him, 
was  indeed  difficult,  most  difficult ; almost  hopeless 
of  acquirement,  still  more  so  of  success.  An  orphan 
in  early  boyhood,  without  home  or  kindred,  I found 
sympathy  in  George  Maxierre  ; the  same  kind  Prov. 


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idence  that  had  decreed  my  orphanage  by  depriving 
me  of  the  natural  guardianship  of  parents  or  near 
kindred,  decreed  also  that  their  place  should  be  sup- 
plied in  this  associate  of  my  youth — the  faithful 
counsellor  of  mature  years,  and  the  tried  friend  of 
my  life. 

“ He  was  a man,  take  him  for  all  in  all — 

I shall  ne’er  look  upon  his  like  again.” 


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Mr.  Chairman  : — 

The  overwhelming  calamity  that  has 
befallen  our  Bar  and  community,  and  which  has  sum- 
moned this  meeting  to-day,  will  justify  on  my  part  a 
departure  from  that  appropriate  silence  which  on  all 
previous  occasions  of  this  character  I have  felt  bound 
to  exhibit.  For  although  now  past  the  period  of 
middle  life,  yet  my  connection  as  a member  of  this 
Bar  is  so  recent  that  my  appropriate  duty  has  been 
that  of  a listener  rather  than  a speaker  of  the  char- 
acter of  our  deceased  brethren,  who  have  gone  one 
after  the  other,  with  such  mournful  rapidity  and  suc- 
cession to  their  graves  during  the  last  eighteen  months. 


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Yet,  sir,  when  I look  around  on  this  Bar  and  remem- 
ber where  I am,  associations  and  memories  come  back 
to  me  so  painful  and  so  sad,  that  I must  speak  or  the 
agonies  of  my  heart  will  break  its  life  strings.  Al- 
though the  seal  is  hardly  dry  on  that  parchment  which 
admitted  me  to  share  with  you,  sir,  the  responsibilities 
and  labors,  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  a member  of 
the  Bar  of  Chicago;  yet  my  first  association  and  con- 
nection with  it  goes  back  to  a period  when  amongst  its 
then  members,  there  is  now  no  living  brother  left  on 
earth  save  our  noble  Justice  Caton. 

In  the  month  of  May,  1834,  having  just  completed 
my  professional  studies,  and  looking  then  for  some  spot 
wdiere  to  cast  my  lines,  I came  to  Chicago  in  company 
with  a friend,  afterwards  my  brother-in-law,  Robert  A. 
Kinzie,  and  made  all  my  arrangements  to  permanently 
settle  here  for  life.  For  nearly  a month  I rambled  over 
these  then  gorgeous  prairies  decked  in  all  their  vernal 
glories  and  beauties,  and  made  myself  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  all  its  scanty  population,  and  especially 
with  the  young  men  who  had  just  commenced  to  per- 
form the  duties  of  our  noble  and  laborious  profession. 
Of  the  seven  hundred  white  people  then  the  pioneers  of 
Chicago,  scarcely  here  and  there  one  yet  remains,  while 
of  the  ambitious  and  earnest  young  men  then  constitu-. 
ting  its  Bar,  no  single  living  man  is  here  to  greet  or  to 
join  with  me  in  the  sad  duties  of  this  most  mournful 
day.  I have  looked  in  vain  through  the  wide  extent 


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of  this  great  and  growing  city  for  their  offices,  their 
homes,  and  their  former  haunts  ; but  have  found  them, 
one  and  all,  save  the  accomplished  Justice  Caton,  asleep 
in  that  sacred  church-yard,  where  many  of  the  sad 
hours  of  my  lonely  life  are  spent  in  silent  communion 
with  their  memories — Richard  Hamilton,  Giles  Spring 
and  Jame§  H.  Collins,  all  of  whom  were  here  then  to 
give  me  a true  western  welcome,  and  to  take  me  by  the 
hand,  and  extend  to  me  their  generous  hospitality  as  a 
young  brother  of  the  Bar,  now  lie  quiet  in  the  suburbs 
of  your  thriving  city ; and  of  the  thousands  and  tens 
of  thousands  of  its  earnest  and  active  citizens,  few  or 
none  know  of  their  past  lives,  or  of  the  genial  virtues 
and  noble  traits  that  characterized  them.  From  1834 
to  1852,  each  succeeding  summer  brought  me  here, 
where  family  kindred,  professional  engagements,  and 
boundless  and  lieart-felt  western  hospitality  induced  me 
to  spend  my  summer  vacations ; and  as  year  after 
year  passed  away,  and  Chicago  thrived  and  increased 
to  the  admiration  of  its  own  people,  and  the  aston- 
ishment of  all  the  other  cities  of  the  North-West, 
and  as  the  area  of  the  Bar  was  enlarged,  link  by 
link,  I was  admitted  an  honorary  member  of  the 
brotherhood,  and  Justin  Butterfield,  James  H.  Col- 
lins, Lisle  Smith,  George  Meeker,  Pat.  Ballingall, 
Daniel  McElroy,  and  others  who  are,  thank  Heaven, 
here  to-day,  burnished  anew  on  each  returning  visit 
the  golden  chain  of  professional  friendship,  love  and 


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truth.  How  I can  summon  them  back  to-day  in 
memory  and  in  imagination,  and  recall  the  terse  and 
sententious  sarcasms  of  Butterfield,  the  logical  dispu- 
tations of  Collins,  the  lofty  and  Ciceronian  eloquence 
of  Lisle  Smith,  the  classic  and  polished  intellectual 
shafts  of  George  Meeker,  the  sparkling  brilliancy  and 
diamond  wit  of  poor  Ballingall,  and  the  earnest  and 
melting  tones  of  noble,  true-hearted  McElroy.  They 
are  not  here  to-day,  sir,  but  have  preceded,  by  months, 
and  days,  and  years,  Manierre,  whose  character  they 
respected,  whose  quiet  and  gentle  and  winning  man- 
ners, and  whose  patient  culture  of  the  mind,  they 
realized  and  admired  long  ere  the  world  knew  the 
value  of  the  man,  or  the  scope  and  power  of  that 
intellect  and  judgment  which  have  just  been  so  pre- 
maturely quenched  in  an  untimely  grave.  In  the  , 
summer  of  1835,  I first  met  him  whose  death  we 
this  day  deplore,  and  whose  funeral  oration  can  be 
mutely,  but  most  eloquently  pronounced  by  the  silent 
objects  that  surround  us.  That  bench  on  which  you 
sit,  this  hall  itself,  and  these  mournful  habiliments  of 
the  grave  seem  to  sympathize  as  they  stand  around 
like  so  many  majestic  mourners ; and  all  of  them,  in 
language  that  we  can  all  read  and  understand,  tell 
us  we  shall  know  him  no  more  on  earth.  From  the 
very  first  moment  that  he  came  here,  he  took  his 
position  as  a staid,  candid,  industrious,  careful  stu- 
dent, who,  while  always  avoiding  all  efforts  to  at- 
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20  REMARKS  OF  MR.  GEO.  C.  BATES. 

tract  unduly  the  attention  of  his  neighbors  and  ac- 
quaintances, was  yet  daily  and  hourly  burnishing 
and  brightening;  that  character  and  armor  which  he 
was  to  wear  through  life;  and  which  shone  brighter 
and  clearer  down  to  the  very  moment  when  disease 
summoned  him  from  this  sacred  temple  dedicated  to 
justice  on  earth,  to  that  higher  and  holier  temple 
“ not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens.”  Of 
his  official  life  and  his  gradual  ascent  from  the  hum- 
blest position  at  the  Bar  to  the  loftiest  and  noblest 
official  promotion  that  a true  lawyer  can  desire,  it 
behooves  me  not  to  speak.  His  early  companion, 
his  life-long  friend,  he  who  was  with  him  in  the  first 
budding  of  youthful  hopes,  and  “ on  whose  fond 
breast  his  parting  sun  reclined,”  has  said  all  that 
true  friendship,  correct  and  classic  taste  may  dictate; 
or  the  eloquence  of  the  heart  may  utter.  On  coming 
to  the  Bar,  or  soon  thereafter,  lie  became  associated 
with  Meeker,  and  from  that  period  down  to  1852, 
when  I left  my  peninsula  home,  on  the  other  side 
of  Lake  Michigan,  to  try  my  fortunes  on  the  shores 
of  the  gentle  and  beautiful  Pacific,  their  office  was 
always,  during  my  sojourn  in  Chicago,  my  place  of 
business,  my  temporary  lounging  spot:  my  legal  and 
fraternal  home  ; and  with  each  succeeding  year  I was 
drawn  closer  and  closer  to  him.  And  although  our 
tastes  and  pursuits,  and  habits  were  as  divided  as 
the  poles,  yet  my  admiration,  my  confidence,  and  my 


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respect  and  regard  for  him  ripened  more  and  more. 
Many  and  many  a summer  eve,  have  Meeker,  Ma- 
xierre  and  myself,  in  years  long  gone,  sat  in  the 
softened  twilight  or  mellowed  tones  of  the  harvest 
moon  in  that  cheerful  and  home-like  office,  and  dis- 
cussed our  varied  plans,  pursuits,  hopes  and  expecta- 
tions, now  ended  and  dissipated  forever.  For  Meek- 
er’s were  long  since  extinguished  in  darkness.  Ma- 
xterre  has  gone  to  his  premature  grave,  and  I,  sir, 
desolate  and  homeless,  stand  here,  almost  a stranger 
in  these  places  once  so  familiar,  so  dear  to  me. 

I knew  George  Manierre  thoroughly  and  inti- 
mately, and  a nobler  or  a truer  man  I never  knew. 
Of  simple  and  unaffected  manners,  his  character  was 
marked  with  every  lineament  of  manliness,  integrity 
and  honor.  Elevation  to  the  Bench  only  developed 
and  exposed  to  the  public  eyes  the  purity,  the  noble- 
ness, and  the  intellectual  power  of  the  quiet  and 
modest  young  practitioner  at  the  Bar.  He  was  a 
candid,  impartial  and  righteous  judge,  and  his  nature 
and  organization  was  such  that  he  could  have  been 
none  other.  Shrinking  from  no  responsibility,  fear- 
less in  the  performance  of  every  duty,  seeking  always 
to  do  right,  and  fearing  nothing  so  much  as  to  do 
wrong,  he  was  literally  Ujustum  et  tenacem  propositi 
vi/rumr  Death  has  now  set  her  seal  to  his  charac- 
ter, making  it  unchangeable  forever ; and  I am  sure 
that  when  his  brethren  of  the  Bar  shall  inscribe  an 


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fy-ao 


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appropriate  epitaph  on  his  monument,  it  will  he — 
that  as  an  upright  judge,  a successful  lawyer,  and  a 
courteous  gentleman,  he  was  without  fear  and  with- 
out reproach. 


REMARKS  OF  ELLIOTT  ANTHONY. 

Mr.  Chairman: — 

It  is  with  considerable  diffidence  that 
I undertake  to  follow  the  able  gentlemen  who  have 
already  addressed  this  meeting  on  this  occasion ; but, 
sir,  as  a younger  member  of  the  Bar,  I desire  to  add 
my  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased. 
In  the  year  1852,  when  I first  came  West  to  seek 

I my  fortunes,  upon  going  aboard  of  a steamboat  on 
Lake  Michigan,  I chanced  to  encounter,  for  the  first 
time,  Judge  Manierre.  I was  at  that  time  on  my 
way  to  the  city  of  Milwaukee.  It  was  in  the  fall 
of  the  year,  and  but  few  passengers  were  aboard, 
and  I fell  into  conversation  with  him  and  learned 
he  was  a member  of  the  Bar  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 
Upon  informing  him  of  my  business,  and  that  I was 

I in  search  of  a place  to  settle  and  engage  in  ]3ractice, 

I he  conversed  with  me  in  regard  to  the  city  of  Chi- 

cago, and  advised  me  to  come  and  locate  here. 


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After  I had  been  to  Milwaukee  and  stayed  a few 
days,  I came  here.  I met  Judge  Manierre  on  the 
street.  He  took  me  cordially  by  the  hand,  opened 
the  door  of  his  office  to  me,  and  invited  me  to  oc- 
cupy it  until  I could  secure  one  of  my  own,  gave  to 
me  his  counsel  and  advice,  and  also  the  use  of  his 
library.  The  first  year  of  my  residence  here,  I was 
accustomed  to  go  to  him  for  advice  on  all  matters. 
That  year  I had  occasion,  I recollect,  to  file  in  the 
courts  a declaration,  which  involved  the  construction 
of  our  special  bail  act,  and  which  is  now  the  well- 
known  case  against  Fergus,  found  in  the  14th  111. 
Reports.  That  declaration,  although  drafted  and  put 
upon  the  files  of  the  court  by  me,  was  revised  and 
amended  by  Judge  Manierre,  and  the  corrections 
are  in  his  hand-writing. 

I speak  of  these  things,  sir,"  not  so  much  to  recall 
events  interwoven  with  my  own  history,  as  to  exalt 
the  memory  of  one  whose  every  act  and  thought  to- 
wards his  brethren  of  the  profession,  was  character- 
ized by  cordiality  and  kindness. 

Judge  Manierre,  as  has  been  said,  was  not  only 
a man  of  large  and  liberal  views,  but  his  sympathies 
were  on  the  side  of  humanity  everywhere.  In  the 
year  1854,  it  was  my  fortune  to  be  associated  with 
him  in  the  trial  of  a fugitive  slave  case,  which  at 
that  time  excited  considerable  attention,  and  I well 
recollect  the  magnificent  and  noble  speech  that  he 


24  REMAKES  OF  MR.  ANTHONY. 

made  on  that  occasion.  His  interest  in  politics  was 
always  guided  by  ideas  of  the  most  exalted  patriot- 
ism, and  his  belief  in  the  mission  of  this  great  Re- 
public remained  unshaken  to  the  last. 

He  treated  with  courtesy  and  respect  all  who  en- 
tertained views  upon  political  subjects  different  from 
his  own ; but  he  abhorred  time-servers  and  traitors. 
But  it  is  as  a judge,  and  in  the  administration  of 
Justice,  that  he  commanded  the  most  universal  re- 
spect ; and  no  lawyer  can  stand  up  here  to-day,  and 
say  that  he  ever  lost  a case  before  him  through  any 
partiality,  prejudice,  or  by  any  rulings  of  his  which 
were  not  made  fairly  and  conscientiously,  and  in  the 
strict  discharge  of  his  duty.  The  life  and  character  of 
such  a man  gives  permanency  and  durability  to  society, 
and  when  such  a man  falls  it  is  like  striking  a blow  at 
the  pillars  of  the  Republic.  His  influence  and  example 
is  not  to  be  calculated  by  dollars  and  cents,  but  his 
services  as  a pure  and  upright  judge,  and  a good 
citizen,  will  endure  long  after  his  mortal  remains 
have  crumbled  into  dust.  As  lawyers,  we  may  well 
cherish  his  memory,  for  I believe  that  no  man  ever 
exerted  a better  influence  upon  the  profession  than  he. 

We  all  know  what  a great  interest  he  took  in  the 
founding  and  endowing  of  our  Law  Library,  and  I 
may  truly  say,  that  there  was  nothing  which  tended 
to  the  welfare  and  elevation  of  our  profession  but 
what  received  his  hearty  endorsement  and  support. 


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25 


It  is  most  appropriate  then  that  his  worth  as  a man, 
a citizen,  a lawyer,  and  judge,  should  he  remembered, 
and  his  eulogy  pronounced  by  those  who  have  shared 
his  counsels  and  been  honored  by  his  acquaintance. 

The  standard  of  his  life  was  the  conscientious  dis- 
charge of  every  duty . 


REMARKS  OF  H.  G.  SPAFFORD. 


Mr.  Chairman: — 

It  was  a very  fit  suggestion  made 
yesterday,  that  this  adjourned  meeting  should  be  held 
in  this  room.  That  vacant  chair,  sir,  helps  us  to  re- 
alize that  Judge  Manierre  is  dead ! There  is  not  ’ 
much  to  be  said  on  an  occasion  of  this  character, 
though  I doubt  if  the  event  which  has  called  us  to- 
gether has  been  absent  from  the  minds  of  any  of 
those  present  since  it  was  first  announced.  It  is  a 
most  mournful  event ! — one  exciting  regrets  so  deep 
and  touching  that  there  are  those  in  this  room  who 
feel  pierced  to  the  heart  by  it ; — who,  if  they  were 
called  upon  here  to  speak  with  reference  to  it  to- 
day, could  not,  for  sorrow,  utter  a word.  Sir,  one 
who  has  left  such  marks  behind  him,  was  no  ordin- 
ary man. 


If'Olf 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  SP AFFORD. 


But  the  scene  is  not  one  altogether  of  sorrow.  It 
has  another  aspect.  There  are  features  connected 
with  it  which  light  it  up,  and  make  it  radiant  with 
joy.  It  is  a sublime  thing  to  go  down  to  the  grave 
as  Judge  Manierre  has  gone, — a faithful,  pure  and 
upright  man.  It  is  a glorious  thing  to  lie  in  that 
grave.  It  is  not  a slight  achievement  to  fulfill  con- 
scientiously the  duties  of  forty-six  years,  to  li\e 
truly,  to  live  nobly,  to  live  as  a man  should  live, 
sir,  in  the  high  performance  of  every  honorable  duty, 
and  if  we  hang  up  on  these  pillars  our  tokens  of 
sorrow,  they  are  for  ourselves  and  not  for  him.  He 
might,  had  he  lived  longer,  have  gathered  round  his 
name  other  praises,  and  secured  to  himself  something 
more  of  earthly  honor  and  success,  but  he  could 
never  have  gone  down  leaving  a purer  reputation, 
or  amid  truer  or  more  universal  expressions  of  regret. 

He  fulfilled  the  duties  he  owed  to  the  world, — I 
rejoice  we  may  rise  to  a greater  hight,  and  say  that 
Judge  Maxierre  was  prepared  to  die.  I saw  one 
who  was  called  to  his  bedside  at  six  o clock  of  the 
morning  he  died,— the  Pastor  of  the  Church  he  had 
been  accustomed  to  attend.  His  mind  at  the  inter- 
view was  clear,  providentially  clear.  He  knew  why 
Dr.  Patterson  came  to  see  him  then.  He  was  inter- 
rogated as  to  his  opinions  regarding  the  one  matter 
then  of  importance,  and  his  answers  were  satisfac- 
tory , — not  coldly  satisfactory,  but  from  the  heart, 


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declaring  that  he  knew  he  was  about  to  die — that 
he  was  prepared  to  die — that  he  had  put  his  trust 
in  One  mighty  to  save.  His  wife,  who  stood  by, 
wishing  to  preclude  all  possibility  of  misunderstand- 
ing, again  stated  the  one  essential  point  of  Christian 
belief,  and  asked  if  he  wished  to  be  understood  as 
assenting  to  that.  His  very  words  were,  “Yes,  I 
do.”  We  may  believe,  sir,  that  Judge  Manierre 
was  prepared  to  die. 


REMARKS  OF  C.  M.  HAWLEY. 


Mr.  Chairman  : — 

I cannot  express  the  deep  emotions 
of  my  heart  on  this  most  painful  occasion ! Judge 
Manierre  was  no  ordinary  man,  and  he  belonged  to 
no  particular  society  of  individuals,  but  to  all  classes 
in  our  community.  He  was,  in  a peculiar  sense,  the 
People’s  friend  and  favorite.  The  poor,  as  well  as 
the  rich,  the  humble  and  lowly  in  our  midst,  as  well 
as  the  most  honored  and  influential,  shared  his  espe- 
cial regard ; and  in  return  they  loved  him  as  a wise, 
benevolent  and  just  man.  Not  only  as  a .Bar,  do 
we  mourn  over  his  untimely  grave,  but  as  a city,  as 
a county  and  State,  we  have  lost  one  of  the  most 
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REMARKS  OF  MR.  HAWLEY. 

worthy,  generous  and  noble — one  of  the  most  phil- 
anthropic and  patriotic  of  all  our  citizens.  From  all 
directions,  and  from  almost  every  bosom,  comes  the 
heavy  sigh  of  sorrow  and  mourning.  For  my  own 
part,  I can  say  that  I truly  loved  him.  I loved  the 
principles  he  cherished,  and  the  great  and  good  qual- 
ities of  his  character  as  exemplified  in  his  life.  Not 
only  was  he  the  upright  judge,  but  the  man  of  in- 
flexible principle.  On  all  occasions  and  in  every 
place  his  duty  called  him  to  act,  he  manifested  a sa- 
cred regard  for  truth,  justice  and  humanity.  My  learn- 
ed brother  Hoyne,  in  his  most  eloquent  and  touching 
remarks,  has  said  that  he  was  a politician.  So  he 
was,  but  in  no  mean  sense.  He  was  not  a partizan 
politician.  In  this,  as  well  as  in  all  other  spheres  of 
his  usefulness,  he  squared  his  life  and  conformed  his 
acts  to  a rigid  adherence  to  the  right.  To  no  part 
of  his  life  do  I refer  with  more  pleasure  and  profit 
than  to  his  generous  love  of  humanity.  Here  his 
whole  being  seemed  luminous  with  blessings.  His 
charities  did  not  come  grudgingly,  as  from  a base, 
selfish  purpose,  but  from  the  fullness  of  a great  heart 
and  an  unbounded  benevolence.  The  poor  and  friend- 
less in  our  city  will  always  cherish  his  memory  as 
among  the  most  liberal  of  their  benefactors.  Not 
only  so,  but  we  find  that  his  helping  hand  was  ex- 
tended to  all  who  were  in  want,  in  whatsoever  con- 
dition of  life  they  were  in.  Among  the  many  evi- 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  HAWLEY. 


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dences  of  Ms  benevolence  and  kindness,  allow  me  to 
relate  a circumstance  in  his  history  that  came  under 
my  own  observation.  Nearly  five  years  ago,  in  the 
month  of  February,  and  at  a most  inclement  time, 
thirteen  fugitive  slaves,  on  their  way  from  bondage 
to  British  liberty,  with  their  little  children,  arrived 
in  this  city.  For  four  weeks,  in  mid- winter,  with 
scanty  food  and  clothing,  had  they  pursued  their 
way,  by  night  marches,  for  six  hundred  miles.  These 
poor  affrighted  and  flying  men  and  women  with  their 
little  ones,  had  no  money  and  no  friends,  and  were 
in  a strange  land,  while  upon  their  blood-stained 
track  ^ere  the  slave-hunters,  with  chains  and  fetters 
for  their  limbs  and  the  curse  of  slavery  for  their 
souls.  To  stay  here  was  to  surrender  themselves  into 
their  cruel  hands,  for  the  Slave  Act  was  against 
them.  To  go  forward  without  assistance,  they  could 
not,  for  their  feet  were  bleeding  and  sore,  and  their 
energies  exhausted.  Under  these  circumstances  Judge 
Manierre,  while  sitting  in  that  chair  now  draped  in 
mourning,  and  while  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  his 
judicial  duties,  was  approached  by  a friend,  who 
briefly  related  to  him  the  facts  we  have  mentioned, 
and  while  doing  so,  his  eyes  moistened  and  the  big 
tears  came  rolling  down  his  face,  and  he  put  his 
hand  into  his  pocket  and  handed  out  fifty  dollars, 
saying,  “ I give  this  with  all  my  heart,  and  if  you 
want  as  much  more,  call  and  you  shall  have  it.” 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  HAWLEY. 


This  was  only  a single  instance  of  a thousand  simi- 
lar to  it  in  the  history  of  his  life.  This  noble  deed 
was  not  from  the  mere  impulse  of  the  moment,  but 
the  legitimate  fruit  of  his  well  settled  principles. 
How  beautiful  and  grand  does  human  conduct  like 
this  appear ! There  is  no  act  that  elevates  one  so 
high — to  such  an  eminent  and  commanding  position 
as  that  which  proceeds  from  principles  of  right  and 
justice.  It  is  then  that  Mercy  speaks  in  gentle  tones 
to  a suffering  world,  and  opens  wide  the  door  of 
hope  and  salvation.  And  how  worthy,  too,  of  imi- 
tation are  these  examples  of  our  distinguished  brother, 
and  in  no  way  can  we  honor  his  memory  more  than 
by  doing  as  near  as  we  can  as  he  did. 

But  in  no  department  of  his  distinguished  career 
of  usefulness  did  his  eminent  talents  as  a jurist  shine, 
and  his  noble  qualities  of  head  and  heart  light  up 
with  more  brilliancy,  than  while  engaged  in  the  trial 
of  causes  as  a judge.  On  no  occasion  did  he  allow 
his  equilibrium  to  be  disturbed.  This  Bar,  and  es- 
pecially the  younger  members  of  it,  will  ever  hold 
his  memory  in  profound  respect.  To  the  inexpe- 
rienced, and  to  the  less  skilled  in  the  arts  of  prac- 
tice and  the  science  of  the  law,  he  was  ever  equally 
attentive  and  courteous  as  to  those  who  were  most 
learned.  It  was  this  that  gave  him  so  much  power 
over,  and  so  endeared  him  to  the  profession,  and 
called  forth  the  highest  esteem  and  affection  from 


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every  member.  These  exalted  qualities  have  made 
him  one  of  the  brightest  stars  in  that  constellation 
that  now  shines  in  the  heavens  of  the  deeds  and 
purposes  of  those  who  have  gone  from  our  ranks  to 
the  realms  of  immortality.  Let  us,  then,  look  away 
from  his  body,  that  now  lies  silent  in  death,  to  his 
more  glorious  and  happy  abode  with  the  Saviour  of 
the  world,  and  then  we,  too,  may  hope  to  be  blest 
by  sharing  with  him  the  riches  of  his  joys. 

In  looking  around  upon  my  brethren,  I see  that 
all  hearts  are  swelling  with  emotions  of  grief,  and 
many,  doubtless,  desire  to  give  expression  to  their 
high  appreciation  of  our  departed  friend ; and  I hope 
this  occasion  may  be  prolonged,  so  that  all  may  have 
ample  time  so  to  do. 


REMARKS  OF  ISAAC  N.  ARNOLD. 


Me.  Chaiemax  : 

The  man  who  has  lived  the  life  of  Judge 
Maxieeee,  and  the  man  who  has  died  the  death  of 
Judge  Maxieeee,  is  a fortunate  and  happy  man.  I 
have  known  him  since  1837.  Therfe  are  those  here 
to-day  who  have  known  him  from  a still  earlier  pe- 
riod, and  yet  not  one,  from  those  who  have  known 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  ARNOLD. 


him  from  early  youth  down  to  his  honored  grave, 
there  lives  not  a man  who  can  say  of  him  that  there 
is  a spot,  a blemish,  a stain,  upon  his  private,  or 
professional,  or  judicial  character.  The  man  who  has 
lived  such  a life,  and  can  go  down  to  the  grave  with 
such  a record,  is  to  be  envied. 

Mr.  Chairman,  as  a member  of  this  Bar,  I have 
often  gathered  with  you  and  the  older  members  to 
do  honor  to  the  many  distinguished  judges  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Bar  who  have  honored  the  judicial  annals 
of  the  State.  With  your  and  our  departed  brother, 
I have  gathered  at  these  meetings.  I remember  when 
we  have  been  called  together  to  pay  respect  to  Judge 
Pope,  to  Judge  Thomas,  to  Judge  Spring,  to  Judge 
and  Gov.  Ford,  and  I do  no  injustice  to  the  memory 
of  either  of  these  distinguished  men,  when  I say  to- 
day, in  the  hearing  of  some  who  knew  them  all,  that 
no  better  man,  no  greater  man  as  a judge,  among 
these  or  others  has  ever  fallen  than  Judge  Manierre. 

He  was,  sir,  peculiarly  adapted  for  the  honorable 
position  of  Judge.  Free  from  excitability  and  nerv- 
ousness ; possessing  that  equitable  temperament  which 
enabled  him  to  hold  the  scales  of  Justice  with  per- 
fect impartiality.  Practicing  with  him  as  a lawyer, 
and  in  his  Court,  I never  yet  have  ever  heard  any 
disappointed  litigant  or  disappointed  member  of  the 
Bar,  who  failed  to  succeed  before  him,  I have  never 
heard  any  question  the  entire  impartiality  and  fair- 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  ALLEN. 


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ness  of  Judge  Manierre.  I think  it  is  the  universal 
testimony  of  all,  that  personal  regard  or  prejudice, 
that  party  preference  or  opposition  were  things  that 
he,  as  a judge,  was  utterly  blind  to.  He  has.  indeed, 
left  a most  perfect  record. 

Mr.  Chairman,  I see  very  appropriately,  the  flag 
of  our  Country  to-day  draped  in  mourning  for  his 
death.  It  is  most  proper.  There  was  no  purer  pa- 
triot or  more  ardent  lover  of  his  Country  than  Judge 
Manierre,  and  he  loved  his  Country,  not  only  its 
Constitution,  but,  as  we  all  know,  his  whole  heart 
was  devoted  to  those  great  principles  of  human  lib- 
erty that  make  that  Country  so  dear  to  us  all. 


REMARKS  OF  NATHAN  ALLEN. 


Mr.  Chairman  : — 

No  man  now  living  as  a member  of 
this  Bar  first  heard  my  voice  in  these  Courts.  I am 
the  oldest  practitioner  in  the  County  of  Cook.  No 
man  is  my  senior. 

I look  around  upon  the  habiliments  of  mourning, 
and  I rejoice,  although  it  is  a season  of  sadness,  yet 
I rejoice  that  one  member  of  this  Bar  has  fallen  that 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  ALLEN. 


has  a standard  of  the  perfect  man.  Sir,  there  is  no 
discount  in  the  death  of  Judge  Manierre.  It  is  no 
ordinary  death  that  he  died.  It  is  no  ordinary  occa- 
sion upon  which  we  have  met. 

I have  seen  the  rise  and  progress  of  this  city,  of 
this  Bar,  and  of  this  Judiciary.  I know  them  all, 
though  I am  a stranger  comparatively  to  many  of 
them.  My  history  is  short ; my  walks  in  life  have 
been  circumscribed  and  to  a great  extent  humble. 
Others  younger  than  me  have  flitted  by  and  taken 
position  far  in  advance,  but  that  it  was  their  privi- 
lege to  do,  I being  the  laggard. 

What  I rise  for  particularly,  is  to  say  that  it  does 
my  heart  good,  yes,  I feel  it  is  an  honor  to  the  pro- 
fession, when  called  upon  in  the  providence  of  God 
to  pay  a just  tribute  to  the  merits  of  such  a man  as 
Judge  Manierre. 

Permit  me  to  say  to  the  young  men  here,  strive 
with  all  your  might,  from  this  hour,  to  live  as  he 
lived,  so  that  when  you  leave  your  history  and  come 
upon  your  deathbed,  you  may  die  as  he  died  ; and 
let  these  memorials  around  us  tell  that  an  upright 
and  faithful  practitioner  of  the  Bar  has  fallen. 


REMARKS  OF  ROBERT  HERVEY. 


Me.  Chairman  : — 

Although  much  has  been  said  that 
was  well  deserved,  and  many  eloquent  tributes  to  the 
memory  of  our  departed  friend  have  been  paid  by 
those  who  knew  him  best  and  loved  him  most,  I feel 
that  I cannot  permit  this  occasion  to  pass  without 
adding  my  hearty  concurrence  in  every  word  that 
has  been  uttered,  and  expressing  my  sincere  and 
heartfelt  personal  sorrow  at  the  irreparable  loss  which 
the  Bench  and  Bar  are  now,  in  the  Providence  of 
God,  called  upon  to  deplore. 

Sir,  these  resolutions  which  have  been  presented  for 
the  adoption  of  this  meeting  are  no  empty  sounds, 
nor  the  embodiment  of  mere  words  of  course ; — 
they  are  the  simple,  earnest,  honest  truth,  nothing 
more,  nothing  less,  as  every  one  who  knew  the 
lamented  deceased  well  knows.  He  was  all  that  these 
resolutions  claim  for  him.  As  a judge,  unsurpassed 
in  the  possession  of  all  those  sterling  qualities  of 
head  and  heart  which  beautify  and  adorn  the  judi- 
cial office;  a profound  and  accurate  lawyer,  prompt, 
just,  pains-taking,  and  laborious  in  the  discharge  of 
his  onerous  and  important  duties,  the  name  of  George 
Manierre  will  be  remembered  as  that  of  a model 
judge  when  not  one  particle  of  his  mortal  body  can 
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36  REMARKS  OF  MR.  HERVEY. 

be  distinguished  from  the  dust  with  which  it  shall 
have  been  commingled. 

" But  these  public  attributes  were  not  all  his  glories. 
He  was  a good  citizen,  estimable  in  all  the  relations 
of  private  life,  an  honest,  earnest,  fearless  man,  and 
above  all,  at  all  times,  in  all  places,  and  under  all 
circumstances — sometimes  of  a trying  character- — he 
was  essentially  and  entirely  the  urbane,  kind,  and 
courteous  gentleman. 

Sir,  the  change  wrought  by  the  touch  of  Death  is 
fearful  to  contemplate ! The  many  friends  who  have 
gone  from  among  us  in  years  gone  by,  and  whose 
departures  from  time  to  time  have  been  the  subject 
of  this  kind  of  affectionate  remembrance,  though  years 
have  passed,  stand  now  no  further  from  us  than  he 
whom  we  have  so  lately  lost.  The  narrow  line 
over  which  we  may  be  as  suddenly  summoned,  and 
which  divides  the  living  from  the  dead,  is  all  that 
now  separates  us : He  now  stands  amidst  the  silent 
shadows  of  those  who  have  gone  before,  and  mutely 
claims  this  token  of  remembrance  at  our  hands. 

But  a few  short  weeks  ago  Judge  Majstierre  was 
in  this  very  room,  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties,  to  all  appearance  well  and  happy  as 
he  ever  was,  exchanging  those  kindjy  courtesies  with 
those  around  him  in  which  none  excelled  more  than 
he.  Little  did  he  think,  sir,  on  the  last  day  he  oc- 
cupied that  now  vacant  chair,  that  even  then  the 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  HERVEY. 


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bow  of  the  Destroyer  was  bent,  that  even  then  his 
footsteps  were  treading  on  the  dark  threshold  of  the 
unseen  world  ; and  little  did  we,  who  on  that  day  saw 
him,  imagine  that  we  were  then  gazing  on  that  well 
known  countenance  for  the  last  time ; that  within  a 
few  short  weeks  those  flashing  eyes  would  be  dimmed 
forever,  that  pleasant  voice  would  be  hushed  to  be 
heard  no  more,  and  all  that  earth  would  contain  of 
that  well-remembered  form  would  be  but  cold  and 
silent  dust. 

But  so  it  was;  and  this  last  fearful  instance  of 
mortality,  which  has  almost  paralyzed  our  hearts,  is 
but  another  startling  token  of  the  frailty  of  the  ten- 
ure by  which  we  hold  our  mortal  life.  And  as  I 
look  upon  this  vast  assembly  of  my  brethren  around 
me,  and  feel  that  no  created  being  can  tell  who  of 
us,  whether  speaker  or  listener,  shall  next  be  stricken 
down : on  whose  coflin-lid,  of  all  here  present,  the 
dull  and  hollow  sounds  of  the  falling  earth,  and  the 
fearful  words,  “ Ashes  to  ashes,  dust  to  dust,”  shall  next 
strike  on  the  ears  and  hearts  of  the  survivors  like  a 
knell,  am  I not  justified  in  saying  that  this  is,  indeed, 
a speaking  warning,  and  that  from  the  reft  dwelling- 
place  of  the  soul  of  our  departed  brother  and  friend, 
there  issues  yet  a living  voice  crying  out  in  tones 
not  to  be  disregarded  by  us  who  remain  behind, 
“ Prepare  and  be  ye  ready,  for  ye  know  not  when 
your  hour  cometh.” 


38  REMARKS  OF  MR.  HERVEY. 

Mr.  Chairman : Although  a man  in  the  prime  of 
life,  Judge  Manierre  might  well  be  regarded  as  one 
of  the  old  inhabitants  of  this  young  city.  From  lit- 
tle more  than  a village  he  has  grown  up  with  it, 
and  has  seen  it  grow  up  to  its  present  imposing  and 
magnificent  proportions,  and  to  its  substantial  im- 
provement he  personally  contributed  in  no  small 
degree. 

Alas,  alas ! the  large  circle  of  the  older  inhabitants, 
with  whose  persons  and  characters  we  have  long 
been  familiar,  is  rapidly  contracting ; one  by  one, 
and  with  alarming  frequency,  they  are  dropping  out. 
We  miss  their  well-known  faces  and  forms  in  our 
daily  walks.  They  no  longer  fight  life’s  battle  along 
with  us,  nor  tread  the  rough  paths  of  the  world  by 
our  side.  The  places  which  once  knew  them,  know 
them  now  no  more  forever ; but  the  world  moves  on 
in  its  resistless  course,  the  noisy  hum  of  business  still 
strikes  upon  the  ear,  the  living  fall  into  the  places 
and  obliterate  the  foot-prints  of  the  dead,  and  all 
that  remains  in  this  world  of  ours  of  those  who  are 
gone,  may  perhaps  be  summed  up  in  a green  mound 
or  a sculptured  stone, 

“ Eyes  of  affection  that  fail 
With  wakefulness  and  tears,” 

and  an  aching  heart  here  and  there  which  has  been 
left  behind  to  mourn. 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  YAM  BUREM. 


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Time  will  not  permit  any  more  extended  remarks, 
and  I hasten  to  a close.  I quit  the  subject  with  re- 
gret. The  character  of  our  lamented  friend  is  a 
theme  on  which  I would  fain  linger,  but  this  much 
in  closing  I feel  I may  say,  in  the  language  of  one 
of  the  resolutions,  That  in  the  • death  of  Judge  Ma- 
nierre,  the  State  of  Illinois  has  lost  a citizen  as 
noble  and  true-hearted  as  any  who  lives  in  her  broad 
expanse ; the  Seat  of  Justice  a judge  worthy  of  all 
confidence  and  respect,  and  the  Bar  and  a large  and 
sorrowing  circle  of  relatives  and  friends  a member  of 
their  society,  whose  exalted  personal  character  did 
him  and  them  more  honor  than  even  the  high  sta- 
tion which  he  so  worthily  filled. 

Good  man,  true  friend — just,  courteous,  laborious 
judge,  we  shall  miss  thee,  we  shall  miss  thee.  Who 
can  fill  thy  vacant  place?  Farewell!  Farewell! 


REMARKS  OF  JUDGE  VAN  BUREN. 


Judge  Van  Buren  moved  that  the  resolutions  of 
the  Committee  on  Resolutions  be  adopted,  and  said : 

I cannot  allow  this  occasion  to  pass  without  pay- 
ing my  feeble  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased. 
It  was  my  fortune,  soon  after  I became  a resident  of 


40  REMARKS  OF  MR.  VAN  BUREN. 

this  city,  to  make  his  acquaintance  in  the  discharge 
■ of  my  professional  duties,  and  I may  say  that  since 
that  time,  in  his  judicial  capacity,  I knew  him  well. 

Sir,  he  was  no  ordinary  man.  As  a judge  he  was 
laborious  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  He  was 
taithful,  just  and  upright  in  his  intercourse  with  the 
members  of  the  Bar.  There  was  a uniform  urbanity 
that  has  embalmed  his  memory  in  the  heart  of 
every  member  of  the  Bar,  which  they  will  ever  cher- 
ish. He  lias  achieved  a judicial  reputation  which 
may  be  justly  envied.  As  a man  and  a citizen,  he 
was  without  blemish.  Just,  kind,  amiable,  forbear- 
ing, and  courteous  to  all,  and  it  is  no  wonder  that 
these  habiliments  of  mourning  that  drape  this  room 
are  emblematical  of  the  sadness  that  pervades  every 
one.  It  is  but  just  that  his  memory  should  be  cher- 
ished; and,  sir,  who  knows  whom  the  angel  of  Heath 
will  be  commissioned  to  take  from  us  next?  We 
have  within  the  last  few  years  had  many  an  admo- 
nition. The  angel  of  Heath  has  taken  from  us  one 
and  another,  and  they  have  most  always  been  shining 
marks,  distinguished  members  of  the  profession,  and 
we  cannot,  if  we  would,  fail  to  heed  the  admonition 
which  tells  us,  in  tones  that  cannot  be  mistaken, 
that  “it  is  not  all  of  life  to  live,  nor  all  of  death 
to  die.”  God  grant  that  you  and  I,  and  all  of  us, 
may  profit  by  these  admonitions,  and  as  we  strive 
I to  build  up  a reputation  here  that  will  survive  the 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  THOMPSON. 


41 


grave,  we  do  not  fail  that  hope  of  a glorious  immor- 
tality which  is  the  best  and  highest  good  that  any 
of  us  can  aspire  to. 


REMARKS  OF  JOHN  H.  THOMPSON. 


Mr.  Chairman  : 

I do  not  rise  to  speak  of  Judge  Ma- 
nierre  as  a lawyer,  for  there  are  those  here  who 
learned  his  worth  in  the  sharp  ordeal  of  legal  prac- 
tice long  before  I knew  him.  Nor  do  I propose  to 
speak  of  him  as  a judge,  for  we  all  know  him  as  a 
judge.  We  all  know  how  bland  and  courteous  were 
his  manners,  how  untiring  his  patience,  and  how  faith- 
ful he  was  in  the  discharge  of  every  duty  of  his 
high  office ; and  it  would  be  the  merest  work  of  su- 
pererogation for  me  to  speak  of  him  as  a citizen  in 
this  city  where  he  has  lived  from  his  own  boyhood,, 
and  from  the  city’s  very  infancy,  where  he  lias  held, 
so  many  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility,  and  where,, 
during  nearly  thirty  years,  he  has  been  so  generally 
known  and  so  universally  respected  and  honored- 
Hut  I knew  him  more  intimately  than  perhaps  any 
other  of  the  younger  members  of  the  Bar.  I have 
been  indebted  to  him  for  many,  many  acts  $>f  kind- 


42  REMARKS  OF  MR.  THOMPSON. 

ness,  and  I cannot  forbear  bringing  one  grateful  leaf 
to  place  in  the  garland  we  weave  for  him  to-day. 

It  is  now  nearly  nine  years  ago  that  I entered  the 
office  of  Judge  Manierre,  and  from  that  day  to  this 
I have  known  him  well.  I have  been  entrusted  with 
many  matters  of  his  business,  and  I have  seen  him 
in  connection  with  the  little  details  and  vexations  of 
business,  and  under  circumstances  that  furnish  a 
severer  test  of  a man’s  true  character  than  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  high  office.  It  is  only  jus- 
tice to  say,  what  it  is  perhaps  needless  to  say  where  he 
is  so  well  known,  that  during  all  these  years  I never 
heard  from  his  lips  one  hasty  or  unkind  or  ungener- 
ous word ; that  I never  saw  a single  act  that  was 
not  honorable  to  him  as  a man.  What  we  all  know 
him  to  have  been  in  his  public  duties,  just,  upright, 
and  conscientious,  he  was  in  every  transaction  and 
in  every  relation  of  private  life.  No  man,  either  liv- 
ing or  dead,  could  ever  say  that  he  was  wronged  by 
him  in  any  business  affair,  that  he  ever  took  advan- 
tage of  a legal  right  that  operated  as  a hardship 
upon  another;  and,  while  he  was  just  to  all,  his 
bounties  were  large  and  free,  and  no  child  of  misfor- 
tune ever  appealed  to  his  sympathy  or  aid  in  vain. 

Something  has  been  said  of  the  laborious  life  of 
Judge  Manierre.  We  all  know  how  faithfully  he 
sat  in  this  Court-Room,  day  after  day,  and  month 
after  month,  and  the  records  of  the  Circuit  Court 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  THOMPSON.  43 

show  an  astonishing  amount  of  business  performed  by 
him.  Out  of  about  22,000  cases  disposed  of  since  its 
organization,  thirty  years  ago,  about  17,000  have 
been  disposed  of  by  Judge  Manierre  in  little  less 
than  eight  years.  And  whatever  he  did  was  the 
price  of  labor.  His  mind  never  leaped  to  results  by 
intuition.  The  only  path  he  knew  was  the  steep  and 
rugged  path  of  thought  and  study.  He  was  never 
satisfied  with  anything  short  of  “the  whole  learning 
of  the  law.”  If  ever  there  was  one  who  could  say 
with  truth,  “ The  cause  that  I knew  not,  I searched 
out,”  it  was  Judge  Manierre.  Some  idea  of  the 
severity  of  his  labors  may  be  formed  from  the  fact, 
probably  known  to  some  members  of  the  Bar,  that 
he  was  accustomed  to  regard  the  terms  of  his  Court 
in  Lake  County  and  the  criminal  business  of  his 
Court  as  a sort  of  recreation.  Not  that  he  neglected 
this  part  of  his  duties,  for  he  never  undertook  any- 
thing which  he  did  not  perform  in  the  most  thor- 
ough manner,  but  he  found  in  going  to  Waukegan 
a little  change  of  scene,  and  the  criminal  law  is  so 
simple  compared  with  the  difficult  questions  continu- 
ally arising  in  the  other  branches  of  the  law,  that 
Judge  Manierre  found  in  this  way  almost  the  only 
recreation  he  indulged  in. 

Some  have  spoken  of  the  fairness  and  impartiality 
of  Judge  Manierre.  I have  never  thought  that  in 
our  county  a judge  is  ever  consciously  partial  or  un- 
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44 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  THOMPSON. 


fair  in  tlie  discharge  of  his  duties.  But  it  would  be 
strange  if  prejudices,  likes  and  dislikes  did  not  some- 
times, without  the  suspicion  of  the  judge,  cloud  the 
mind  and  prevent  a fair  consideration  of  evidence 
and  arguments.  I think  there  never  was  another 
judge  who  so  carefully  and  conscientiously  as  Judge 
Manierre  guarded  his  mind  against  any  influence  or 
prejudice  which  could  swerve  for  a hair’s  breadth  the 
even  scales  of  Justice.  If  any  harsh  words  spoken 
by  counsel  in  the  excitement  of  the  trial,  or  the  ex- 
asperation of  defeat  came  to  his  ears,  I know  how 
quick  he  was  to  find  some  excuse  for  them,  and  how 
careful  he  was  that  anything  of  the  kind  should 
never  affect  him  unless  it  was  to  make  him  more 
scrupulously  fair  and  just. 

And  this  reminds  me  how  kindly  were  all  his  feel- 
ings towards  the  Members  of  the  Bar.  He  was  al- 
ways quick  to  appreciate  merit,  he  was  always  slow 
to  censure.  We  all  know  how  constant  was  his  pres- 
ence whenever  members  of  the  Bar  met  to  speak  of 
a departed  brother ; how  ready  he  was  to  speak  of 
the  good,  how  eager  to  palliate  and  excuse  the  errors 
and  weaknesses  of  the  erring.  His  own  life  was  so 
pure  and  irreproachable  that  he,  if  anyone,  might 
assume  to  sit  in  judgment  upon  others,  but  he  was 
always  first  to  cover  with  the  mantle  of  his  broad 
charity  every  error  and  frailty,  while  words  of  com- 
mendation sprang  from  his  great  heart  for  whatever 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  BONNEY. 


45 


was  good  and  noble  in  a brother.  A true  and  more 
faithful  friend  never  lived. 

There  were  many  such  beautiful  features  of  his 
character,  but  to  recall  them  only  deepens  the  sense 
of  our  loss.  It  is  hard  to  feel  that  we  shall  never 
see  him  again  in  that  vacant  seat,  never  again  feel 
the  cordial  grasp  of  his  hand,  never  again  catch  the 
genial  smile,  never  again  hear  the  kindly  words ! 
Alas ! “ The  wine  of  life  is  drawn  !”  The  light  is 
faded 

“ That  ne’er  can  shine  again 
On  life’s  dull  stream.” 

But  it  is  something  to  remember  that  he  has  left 
an  example  and  a memory  that  will  be  a precious 
treasure  to  his  friends,  and  that  will  forever  hallow 
this  Court-Boom  and  dignify  and  ennoble  the  admin- 
istration of  Justice. 


REMARKS  OF  CHARLES  C.  BONNEY. 


Mr.  Chairman  : — 

It  is  fit,  indeed,  that  the  beloved  ban- 
ner of  the  Bepublic  be  wreathed  with  the  emblems 
of  mourning  above  that  vacant  chair.  More  loyal 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  BONNEY. 


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46 

citizen  never  sat  beneath  its  folds ; more  upright 
judge  never  administered  the  sovereignty  of  which  it 
is  the  honored  emblem.  It  is  becoming  for  us  to 
testify,  thus  publicly  and  tenderly,  our  regard  for 
the  character,  and  our  regret  at  the  decease,  of 
George  Manierre.  Publicly,  that  the  community 
may  know  how  the  members  of  the  great  profession 
appreciate  and  esteem  the  more  excellent  of  the  fra- 
ternity— tenderly,  in  justice  to  a judge  who  never, 
knowingly,  wounded  the  feelings  of  even  the  un- 
worthiest  advocate  that  came  before  him. 

The  secret  of  his  success  as  a judge  is  to  be  found 
in  his  loyalty  to  the  law . He  seemed,  like  Coke,  to 
believe  in  the  law  as  “that  divine  science,  the  study 
of  which  is  calculated  to  elevate  the  mind  above  the 
common  affairs  of  men.”  His  aim  was,  as  I have 
heard  his  own  lips  express  it,  “to  do  justice  accord- 
ing to  law”  He  seemed  to  feel  that  when  he  came 
here  into  this  temple  of  Justice,  and  went  up  into 
that  sacred  seat,  the  personal  prejudices  and  opin- 
ions which,  as  a man,  he  necessarily  entertained, 
ought  to  be  left  behind.  He  seemed  to  realize  that 
when  counsel  came  before  him  to  advocate  or  defend 
the  rights  committed  to  their  charge,  they  invoked 
no  merely  personal  opinion,  and  appealed  to  no 
merely  individual  notion  of  justice ; but  that  they 
sought  through  him  the  wiser  judgment  of  the  law, 
in  the  name  of  that  better  conscience  of  the  ages 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  BOTSTNEY.  47 

which  pervades,  and  is,  indeed,  the  foundation  of 
that  wonderful  achievement  of  civilization,  combining 
the  chief  merits  of  both  the  civil  and  the  common 
law,  American  Jurisprudence.  And  Judge  Manierre 
always  treated  the  Bar  with  the  respect  which  is  its 
due.  He  listened  without  petulance,  discourtesy,  or 
controversy,  to  every  lawyer  who  came  before  him. 

But  perhaps  nothing  endeared  him  to  the  Bar 
more  than  his  conduct  when  he  himself  had  fallen 
into  error,  or  committed  some  mistake.  With  hon- 
orable frankness,  and  dignified  courtesy,  he  acknowl- 
edged the  one  and  corrected  the  other.  Every  law- 
yer who  knew  him  for  any  length  of  time,  must  have 
noticed  and  admired  this  trait  of  his  character.  Here 
he  gave  us  evidence  that  he  comprehended  how  sub- 
lime a thing  it  is  to  be  a great  lawyer — how  often 
one  may  learn  from  the  humblest,  how  easily  the 
most  eminent  may  err,  and  how  patient,  and  earn- 
est, and  pains-taking  a judge  ought  to  be. 

I share  in  all  the  sorrow  which  has  been  expressed 
by  others  ; but  our  grief  may  well  be  tempered  by 
the  consolation  that  he  has  gone  home  with  so  many 
honors,  leaving  behind  him  for  our  instruction  a char- 
acter in  which  so  many  virtues  are  exemplified.  The 
dark  shadow  of  the  valley  of  death  melts  softly  away 
into  the  white  splendor  of  Immortality.  The  sincere 
sorrow  which  fills  every  heart  and  moistens  every 
eye,  is  lightened  by  the  conviction,  common  to  us 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  MILLER. 


all,  that  in  onr  time  a juster  man  made  perfect  hath 
not  been  welcomed  to  the  Celestial  Gardens  that  lie 
on  the  other  side  of  the  grave. 


REMARKS  OF  H.  G.  MILLER. 


Mr.  Chairman  : 

The  day  is  advancing  to  its  close,  but 
I cannot,  sir,  suffer  this  occasion  to  pass  without  add- 
ing a word  to  what  has  been  already  so  appropri- 
ately said  commemorative  of  the  virtues  of  him  who 
has  been  removed  from  among  us. 

These  emblems  of  mourning,  these  sad  countenan- 
ces, express  more  impressively  than  any  human  lan- 
guage can  express,  our  estimate  of  this  public  calam- 
ity, and  to  us  individually  sad  bereavement.  If  one 
ignorant  of  this  painful  event,  but  still  familiar  with 
this  Bar  and  of  our  estimate  of  him  whose  loss  we 
mourn,  should  suddenly  appear  in  our  midst,  he 
would  scarcely  need  any  further  announcement  than 
these  indications  of  our  sorrow,  that  that  pure  and 
excellent  man,  that  just  and  upright  judge,  George 
Manierre,  was  no  more. 

Mr.  Chairman,  I believe  I am  expressing  the  con- 


REMARKS  OF  MR.  MILLER. 


49 


viction  of  all  who  hear  me,  when  I say  that  since 
courts  of  Justice  were  established  in  Chicago,  the 
death  of  no  one  has  occasioned  a deeper  sadness 
among  the  members  of  our  profession  than  the  one 
we  now  deplore. 

Judge  Manierre  possessed  qualifications  of  rare 
excellence  for  the  judicial  position  which  he  so  long 
and  so  ably  filled.  A man  of  strong  and  decided 
political  convictions,  he  never  became  a partisan,  and 
in  the  decision  of  those  questions  which  assumed  the 
form  of  political  controversies,  he  was  as  ready  to 
give  judgment  against  as  in  favor  of  those  with  whom 
he  was  politically  associated.  No  one  ever  intimated 
that  he  was  less  acceptable  as  a judge  to  those  who 
differed  from  him  than  to  those  who  agreed  with 
him  in  his  political  views.  He  was  always  kind, 
patient,  and  forbearing,  during  the  most  severe  and 
protracted  legal  controversies,  and  the  excited  man- 
ner, and  sometime  rudeness  of  counsel,  never  moved 
him  from  his  propriety. 

He  was  attentive  and  patient  in  the  hearing  of 
cases,  and  always  afforded  every  facility  for  the  full- 
est argument.  I heard  him  remark  but  a few  months 
ago,  that  he  never  attempted  to  abridge  the  discus- 
sion of  a legal  question,  and  never  listened  to  an 
argument  even  from  the  humblest  member  of  the 
profession  without  profit.  His  manner  in  the  Court- 
Room  and  out  of  it  was  as  kind  and  gentle  as  that 


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REMARKS  OF  MR.  MILLER. 


of  a child,  and  we  all  not  only  respected  but  loved 
him. 

Mr.  Chairman,  it  is  hard,  it  is  impossible  to  real- 
ize that  he  will  never  resume  that  seat  again ; but, 
alas,  alas ! it  is  too  true,  Judge  Manierre’s  Court 
has  closed  for  ever.  He  will  always  live  in  our 
memories,  and  the  mention  of  his  name  will  always 
excite  that  lively  affection  which  now  moves  our 
hearts. 


FUNERAL  DISCOURSE. 


At  the  funeral  services  held  in  the  2d  Presbyterian 
Church,  on  Sunday,  the  24th  of  May,  the  Pev’d 
P.  W,  Pattekson,  D.D.,  after  citing  the  following 
passages  of  Scripture — 

Psalm  39:  4,  5—7—10—12,  13, 

Psalm  103 : 8 — 18, 

Romans,  8:  IS— 28, 

delivered  the  following  Discourse : — 

We  must  not,  like  the  wicked  of  old,  indulge  the  thought 
that  God  is  altogether  such  an  one  as  any  of  us.  We 
must  not  infer  from  what  we  would  do,  that  He  must  needs 
do  the  same.  For  His  ways  are  above  ours  as  far  as  the 
heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth.  The  very  providence 
which  we  should  be  least  willing  to  order,  may  be  the  one 
which  He  will  first  bring  to  pass.  Where  we  should  make 
the  skies  bright  and  the  heavens  serene,  there  He  hangs 
out  clouds,  and  commands  the  angry  storm  to  appear. 
We  choose  for  ourselves  what  seem  smooth  and  luminous 
paths  : His  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  His  paths  are  not  known. 
If  the  necessity  were  laid  upon  us  of  selecting  for  any  given 
year  or  month  a defined  number  of  our  fellow-men  to  be 
consigned  speedily  to  the  house  appointed  for  all  the  living, 
we  should  doubtless  name  first  many  whom  God  calls  last, 
and  some  whom  He  refuses  to  spare  for  their  acknowledged 
social  and  public  worth,  we  should  be  slow  indeed  to  strike 
from  their  positions  of  honor  and  usefulness. 

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52  FUNERAL  DISCOURSE 

The  history  of  God’s  dispensation  towards  human  society, 
is  a history  of  successive  waves  and  billows  on  the  surface 
of  a great  deep,  which  the  longest  lines  of  our  thought  and 
wisdom  cannot  sound.  And  yet,  are  there  not  obvious  moral 
ends  that  could  not,  as  far  as  we  can  see,  be  so  well  reached 
without  this  very  mysteriousness  of  God’s  methods  of  ad- 
ministration, which  so  often  mocks  our  philosophy  and  bids 
defiance  to  our  speculative  reason  ? 

When  it  is  once  known  that  we  are,  as  a race,  so  prone 
to  pride  and  self-sufficiency,  and  that  we  need  a peculiar 
style  of  moral  discipline,  it  becomes  apparent  that  God  may 
deal  most  wisely  and  benevolently  with  us  in  the  studied 
concealment  of  His  plans  and  grounds  of  action,  where  He 
most  completely  hides  His  counsels  from  us. 

How  else  could  our  Maker  more  effectually  rebuke  our 
self-confidence,  than  by  covering  our  boasted  wisdom  with 
utter  darkness,  and  obliging  us  to  wait  for  the  solution  of 
the  inscrutible  problems  which  His  providence  sets  before 
us,  until  He  shall  choose  to  give  us  the  key,  on  a higher 
stage  of  thought  and  knowledge  ? The  mystery  of  our  trials 
is  a great  humbling  power,  which  could  not  be  spared  from 
among  the  appointed  means  of  our  salutary  chastisement  in 
this  world  of  probation.  The  sovereignty  of  God  must  be 
pressed  home  upon  our  hearts  by  our  sufferings  in  the 
night,  to  bring  us  down  to  our  fit  position  of  reverent  sub- 
mission and  self-renunciation  before  the  dread  majesty  of 
heaven  and  earth.  And  therefore  He  is  continually  veiling 
Himself  in  clouds  and  darkness,  that  we  may  be  taught 
how  immeasurable  is  the  distance  between  Him  and  our- 
selves, and  may  take  our  places  in  that  low  valley  where 
all  true  spiritual  exaltation  begins. 

We  learn,  also,  how  to  exercise  the  purest  faith  when 


53 


OF  REV.  R.  W.  PATTERSON,  D.D. 

we  can  not  walk  by  sight  if  we  would.  God  hides  Himself 
behind  mysterious  and  frowning  providences,  that  we  may 
believe  His  Word,  and  rest  upon  His  known  attributes,  when 
faith  has  no  outwTard  props  or  auxiliaries. 

So  Abraham  believed  God,  when  he  was  sorely  tried  by 
an  apparently  unreasonable  and  arbitrary  command ; and  by 
his  obedience,  proved  himself  wTorthy  to  be  called  the  father 
of  the  faithful.  So  the  Patriarch  Job  believed,  when  he 
could  see  no  light  on  either  hand,  but  could  simply  say, 
“ Though  He  slay  me,  yet  will  I trust  in  Him.”  W e never 
know  beyond  all  peradventure,  that  our  faith  is  genuine, 
until  it  has  been  severely  tested  in  seasons  of  trial  and 
darkness.  And  faith,  by  a great  law,  grows  most  rapidly 
in  the  night.  It  may  be  only  cheerful  acquiescence  in 
divine  dispensations  that  meet  our  selfish  wishes,  which  we 
esteem  faith,  when  we  think,  in  days  of  prosperity,  that 
we  shall  never  doubt  our  heavenly  Father’s  wisdom  and 
goodness.  It  is  a greater  triumph  of  spiritual  confidence, 
by  which  we  rise  to  the  point  of  blessing  the  fatherly  hand 
that  crosses  our  wills  and  best  judgment  without  a word  of 
explanation.  Our  hearts  grow  strong  under  such  discipline, 
and  the  seeds  of  light  are  sown  in  the  soil  of  faith  thus 
invigorated  and  purified. 

Is  it  not  well  for  us,  too,  in  respect  to  the  development 
and  culture  of  an  unselfish  and  obedient  spirit,  that  God 
so  often  clothes  his  providences  with  clouds?  If  He  were 
accustomed  to  spare  the  virtuous  and  useful  members  of 
society,  and  cut  down  the  comparatively  unworthy,  by  a 
clear  temporal  discrimination  in  favor  of  the  good  and  against 
the  evil  and  the  useless,  the  motives  for  outward  obedience 
to  his  precepts  would  become  too  largely  mingled  with 
earthly  considerations,  and  it  would  become  difficult  for  any 


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FUNERAL  DISCOURSE 


of  us  to  lead  a pure  and  beneficent  life  for  virtue’s  sake 
and  the  Lord’s  sake.  But  God  so  administers  his  provi- 
dence that  we  cannot  be  sure  of  any  large  temporal  re- 
ward for  our  performance  of  required  duties,  or  of  any  un- 
usual safeguard  against  the  ills  of  life  or  the  arrows  of 
death,  however  excellent  our  characters  or  seemingly  im- 
portant our  presence  and  agency  as  benefactors  in  society. 
He,  therefore,  who  would  act  a dutiful  part  towards  his 
maker  or  his  fellow-creatures,  must  be  stimulated  by  mo- 
tives far  superior  to  the  hope  of  temporal  comfort  and  se- 
curity. He  who  would  be  a good  and  faithful  servant 
must  go  forward  in  the  path  of  obedience,  not  knowing 
through  what  thorns  or  into  what  perils  his  fidelity  may 
conduct  him  ; ordering  his  steps  by  principle  and  conscience, 
and  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  when  worldly  minds  would 
say,  “ It  is  vain  to  serve  God,  and  what  profit  shall  we 
have  if  we  pray  unto  him  ?”  Is  it  not  well  for  us  that  God 
so  conceals  His  purposes  from  us,  in  respect  to  our  future 
lives,  that,  in  ordinary  circumstances,  we  can  neither  pre- 
dict their  long  continuance  nor  their  speedy  close,  however 
carefully  we  may  study  the  past  methods  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence in  dealing  with  men  in  their  various  classes  and  re- 
lations ? The  mystery  of  the  shifting  scenes  that  make  up 
human  history,  preclude  us  from  drawing  any  certain  con- 
clusions as  to  the  individuals  who  are  to  pass  out  of  the 
world  at  an  early  day  or  in  remoter  years.  Thus  God 
would  keep  us  all  under  the  influence  of  the  great  thought, 
that  any  one  of  us  may  quickly  enter  the  shadows  of 
that  night  in  which  no  man  can  work ; that  we  may  be 
excited  to  watchful  diligence  in  performing  every  day  the 
task  of  present  duty.  And  yet  he  does  not  break  the  cour- 
age of  all  the  individuals  among  us  who  are  shortly  to  finis 


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their  course,  by  distinctly  foreshadowing  the  rapid  approach 
of  the  dread  summons  that  is  to  hurry  them  away  from 
their  enterprises  and  toils.  Thus  may  we  all  have  the  heart 
to  work  on,  without  either  presumptuous  elation  or  over- 
bearing apprehension  and  alarm. 

It  is  proper  that  we  should  consider  the  'particular 
features  of  afflictive  providences,  that  we  may  derive  from 
them  the  special  as  well  as  the  general  lessons  which  they 
are  fitted  to  teach  and  impress. 

We  are  not  to  brood  over  our  trials  with  complaining  or 
desponding  hearts.  But,  should  we  not  so  far  dwell  upon 
their  forms  and  bearings  as  to  apprehend,  in  some  good 
measure,  their  relative  severity  as  strokes  of  providential 
chastisement  ? Does  not  God  mean  that  we  shall  feel  our- 
selves to  be  sorely  smitten,  when  His  hand  is  laid  heavily 
upon  us  ? Does  He  not  desire  that  we  should  appreciate 
our  loss,  when  He  takes  away  our  comforts,  or  breaks  down 
our  strongest  earthly  props?  Would  He  have  us  receive, 
without  sensibility,  the  rod  of  His  providential  correction  ? 
Is  it  not,  in  this  relation,  right  and  wise  that  we  should 
review,  with  a generous  estimation,  the  virtues  and  public 
and  private  worth  of  the  friend  wTho  is  torn  from  the  cir- 
cle of  those  who  loved  him,  and  withdrawn  from  all  the 
spheres  of  his  earthly  usefulness,  and  that  wre  should  mourn 
for  the  bereavement  and  the  loss  we  are  called  to  bear? 

Without  a reasonable  indulgence  of  our  thoughtful  grief 
on  such  an  occasion,  we  cannot  duly  lay  to  heart  the  warn- 
ing and  admonition  which  our  affliction  is  designed  to  ad- 
minister. We  need  to  see  and  realize  what  manner  of 
breach  it  is  that  God  has  made  among  us,  to  be  suitably 
awakened  by  the  solemn  appeal  which  it  makes  to  every 
understanding  and  conscience. 


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And  may  we  not  draw  both  instruction  and  consolation 
from  a personal  history  and  memory  which  God  has  caused 
to  be  left  as  a legacy  to  surviving  friends,  as  if  to  com- 
pensate, in  part,  for  the  great  sorrow  which  he  has  sent  ? 

We  are  assembled  to-day  under  the  impulse  of  a com- 
mon sympathy  and  grief,  such  as  a whole  community  seldom 
feels  with  emotions  so  kindred  and  so  deep.  Who  is  not 
a sincere  mourner  here  ? How  many  thousands  in  this  city 
recognize  the  event  that  has  brought  us  together  as  a per- 
sonal affliction,  as  well  as  a public  calamity  ? 

It  will  not  be  expected  that  I should,  on  this  occasion, 
present  anything  like  a connected  biographical  notice  of  our 
deceased  friend  and  honored  fellow-citizen,  or  that  I should 
attempt  to  offer  any  adequate  tribute  to  his  memory.  Such 
a service  belongs  to  other  hands  and  to  another  time.  But 
it  will  be  appropriate  that  I should  briefly  indicate  a few 
of  the  leading  facts  and  traits  in  the  life  and  character  of 
the  good  and  noble  man  who  has  fallen. 

Judge  Manierre  was  born  in  New  London,  Conn.,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  1817.  Thence  he  removed,  in  his 
early  youth,  to  the  city  of  New  York.  Though  never  en- 
joying the  advantages  of  a classical  or  collegiate  education, 
he  speedily  developed  a fine  literary  taste,  and  an  aptitude 
for  those  legal  studies  and  investigations  which  laid  the 
foundation  for  his  professional  distinction  and  success.  He 
became  a resident  of  this  city  some  twenty-eight  years  ago. 
By  his  industry,  energy,  and  excellence  of  character,  he 
arose  rapidly  from  the  position  of  a clerk,  not  only  to  a repu- 
table standing  at  the  Bar,  but  to  a place  on  the  Bench,  where 
his  rare  discrimination,  sound  judgment,  legal  learning,  and 
incorruptible  integrity,  procured  for  him  a reputation  as  a 
perspicacious,  just  and  reliable  Judge,  such  as  few  have  ac- 


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quired  at  so  early  an  age.  He  served  the  public  well  and 
faithfully  in  several  different  capacities ; but  in  no  relation  did 
his  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  appear  so  conspicuously 
as  in  the  discharge  of  his  judicial  duties,  to  which  he  devoted 
his  powers  with  a conscientious  fidelity,  and  a laborious 
assiduity  that  ultimately  proved  too  much  for  his  physical 
energies,  and  cut  short  his  honorable  and  useful  career  in  the 
midst  of  his  years.  How  his  work  is  done.  He  has  de- 
parted full  of  honors,  leaving  only  friends  behind  him ; 
regretted  by  all ; lamented  by  every  one  who  knew  his 
private  or  public  worth. 

There  must  have  been  some  peculiar  points  of  excellence 
in  the  character  of  a man  so  universally  respected,  so  warmly 
esteemed,  and  so  unfeignedly  trusted.  What  were  some  of 
those  traits  which  gave  him  the  high  distinction  which  he 
was  enabled  to  achieve  ? 

His  intellectual  abilities , though  not  of  the  class  that  most 
arrest  the  attention  of  the  multitude,  were  of  a high  order,  as 
to  critical  discernment,  accurate  discrimination,  logical  power, 
penetrating  insight,  comprehension  of  thought,  and  soundness 
of  judgment.  His  professional  learning  was  the  result  of  his 
great  industry  and  wide  research,  and  is  believed  to  have 
compared  well  with  that  of  his  most  distinguished  associates 
and  brethren.  But  his  highest  characteristics  appeared  in  the 
moral  department.  In  point  of  personal  purity  and  un- 
swerving integrity , both  in  private  and  official  relations,  he 
was  an  acknowledged  and  admired  example  of  singular  ex- 
cellence. Without  a vice,  or  an  offensive  habit,  he  was  a 
thoroughly  just  man,  who  had  a profound  regard  for  the 
rights  of  every  member  of  human  society.  His  sympathy 
with  the  suffering  and  the  unfortunate  was  sincere  and  deep, 
but  it  never  over-mastered  his  sense  of  justice,  and  his  rever- 


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ence  for  the  majesty  of  the  law.  His  regard  for  the  welfare  of 
society  was  manifested  in  his  generosity  and  public  spirit,  and 
the  scrupulous  manner  in  which  he  guarded  every  interest, 
whether  educational,  legal,  or  political,  that  was  committed  to 
his  care.  His  fervent  'patriotism  and  love  of  liberty  will  be 
remembered  and  honored  when  the  noise  of  present  strifes, 
and  the  din  of. war  shall  have  died  upon  all  our  ears,  and 
when  the  names  of  demagogues  and  mere  partisans  shall  be 
recalled  only  to  be  scorned.  For  who  has  been  a truer  sup- 
porter of  our  noble  government,  in  its  day  of  peril  and 
calamity,  or  a more  unflinching  advocate  of  freedom  for  all 
classes,  than  George  Manierre?  To  him  the  associations 
of  party,  and  early  political  commitments,  were  nothing  in 
competition  with  the  safety  of  his  country,  and  the  rights 
of  men.  His  humanity  always  triumphed  over  his  preju- 
dices, and  he  could  never  see  why  any  portion  of  his  fellow- 
creatures  should  be  shut  out  from  participation  in  the  great, 
upward  movement  of  our  Christian  civilization  and  social 
progress. 

In  the  domestic  relations , his  kindness  of  heart,  and  ex- 
cellence of  personal  character,  made  him,  as  a husband,  a 
father,  a guide  and  example,  such  a head  as  few  families  have 
known.  By  his  death,  the  whole  community  has  suffered  a 
sore  bereavement ; but  the  great  and  irreparable  breach  has 
been  made  in  his  quiet  home,  where  his  presence  and  influ- 
ence were  so  long  the  daily  light  and  joy  of  the  happy  circle. 

But  was  Judge  Manierre  an  illustration  of  what  morality, 
integrity,  and  an  equable  and  generous  nature  can  do  for  a 
man  without  religion  ? In  his  youthful  thinking,  he  was,  in- 
deed, inclined  to  give  heed  to  skeptical  counsels.  But  many 
years  have  passed  since  a great  change  gradually  came  over 
his  views  and  feelings  touching  this  momentous  subject.  At 


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different  times  he  has  spoken  to  me,  as  his  pastor,  of  this  im- 
portant change ; expressing,  on  one  occasion  his  hope  that  the 
obstacles  to  his  open  profession  of  Christ,  would  ere  long  be 
removed.  His  deep  conviction  in  regard  to  the  importance  of 
Christian  faith,  and  of  preparation  for  eternity,  was  sometimes 
touchingly  evinced  in  his  addresses  to  criminals,  when  he  was 
called  to  pronounce  the  sentence  of  death  against  them.  It 
appeared,  also,  in  his  regular  attendance  on  the  services  of 
the  sanctuary,  not  once  only,  but  twice  every  Sabbath  day, 
and  his  very  frequent  presence  at  the  weekly  meetings  for 
prayer  and  conference ; and  more  especially  in  his  close  and 
serious  attention  to  the  Word  as  it  was  spoken,  and  his  sub- 
sequent expressions  of  interest  in  the  truths  to  which  he  had 
listened.  It  came  out,  too,  in  a practical  form,  in  the  concern 
which  he  manifested  at  home  regarding  the  religious  instruc- 
tion of  his  children,  whom  he  desired  to  see  growing  up  as 
Christians.  After  such  indications  of  abiding  interest  in  the 
system  of  revealed  truth,  it  could  not  fail  to  afford  unspeaka- 
ble joy  to  his  family  and  to  myself,  when,  on  the  morning 
before  his  death,  while  yet  in  the  full  possession  of  his  mental 
faculties,  he  declared  to  me  that  he  had  been  looking  forward 
to  that  solemn  hour,  and  that  he  fully  trusted  in  the  grace  and 
merits  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  for  acceptance  with  his 
Heaveny  Father.  On  being  asked  if  he  clearly  understood 
and  heartily  accepted  what  was  said  to  him  in  regard  to  the 
way  of  salvation,  he  answered  distinctly  that  he  understood 
and  believed  all,  and  that  he  rested  on  Christ  alone. 

Thus  has  passed  away  not  only  an  upright  but  a Chris- 
tian man,  who  would  no  doubt  have  been  generally  known 
as  such  had  he  lived  many  months  longer. 

The  memory  of  such  a man  is  blessed.  His  was  an  ex- 
ample to  be  followed  at  almost  all  points.  He  has  shown 
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to  the  members  of  his  profession  how  one  may  be  conscien- 
cious  and  upright  as  a counsellor  and  advocate ; how  noble 
an  attribute  moral  integrity  is,  and  how  far  moral  purity 
and  religious  faith  transcend  all  merely  adventitious  distinc- 
tions. May  I say  at  this  point,  that  this  affecting  Providence 
is  but  one  among  many  recent  admonitions  from  God  to 
the  legal  profession  here  represented,  to  make  it  the  chief 
business  of  life,  not  so  much  to  excel  in  learning,  eloquence 
or  professional  skill,  as  to  become  benefactors  to  society 
and  the  country,  and  exemplars  of  moral  goodness  and  re- 
ligious faith  and  principle.  Death  is  abroad  with  hi$  re- 
morseless scythe,  sparing  neither  talents,  honors,  nor  official 
rank.  And  happy  is  he  who  learns  so  to  walk  in  private 
and  public  relations,  that  his  memory  and  influence  and 
works  will  live  after  him,  to  bless  the  generations  that  are 
to  follow.  Why  should  not  men  of  all  professions  openly 
acknowledge  the  value  of  the  Gospel,  and  make  the  labors 
and  enterprises  of  this  life  only  preparatory  to  those  of  a 
higher  and  more  glorious  life  hereafter?  We  are  all  mortal ; 
we  are  all  to  find  or  miss  the  chief  end  of  our  creation 
as  heirs  of  immortality.  And  is  it  not  a strange  infatua- 
tion that  leads  any  of  us  to  chase  after  the  glare  of 
temporal  distinction  or  the  glittering  dust  of  wealth,  to  the 
neglect  of  that  crown  of  righteousness  which  the  Lord,  the 
righteous  Judge,  shall  give  to  the  believing  saint  at  His  glo- 
rious appearing  ? 

Men  of  thought,  men  of  business,  men  of  pleasure,  friends, 
neighbors,  fellow-citizens  and  fellow-Christians,  contemplate 
this  manly  and  honored  form,  now  cold  in  the  long  sleep  of 
death,  and  listen  to  the  voice  that  now  says,  with  extraor- 
dinary emphasis,  Work  while  it  is  day;  Prepare  to  meet 
your  God ; Be  ye  also  ready. 


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There  is  consolation  for  the  hearts  that  are  so  previously 
stricken  by  this  dispensation  of  our  Divine  Father.  What 
a memory  and  example  are  left  by  the  departed  one  to  his 
family  and  friends,  to  be  cherished  and  followed  ! What  a 
blessed  testimony  have  you  in  his  dying  faith,  to  assure  you 
that  he  has  attained  to  the  true  and  everlasting  exaltation 
of  the  heavenly  world,  and  that  you  may  hope  for  a blessed 
re-union  in  due  time ! And  is  it  not  for  the  support  and 
comfort  of  such  mourners,  that  the  Lord  has  promised  to 
be  the  widow’s  Helper,  and  a Father  to  the  fatherless  ? This 
world  has  no  balm  for  the  healing  of  such  wounds  ; but 
there  is  an  adequate  balm  in  Gilead,  and  a gracious  and 
all-powerful  Physician  there.  And 

‘‘There  is  a home  for  weary  souls, 

By  sin  and  sorrow  driven,” 

— a home  where  no  storms  arise  and  no  cords  of  love  are 
broken.  Weeping  may  continue  for  the  night,  but  joy  cometh 
in  the  morning. 

We  who  have  been  accustomed  to  assemble  in  this  place, 
will  look  full  often  with  sadness  and  grief  at  the  vacant 
seat,  that  has  been  hitherto  so  uniformly  filled  by  an  atten- 
tive and  serious  hearer  of  the  Word.  May  this  great  loss 
and  chastisement  stir  us  up  to  new  prayerfulness  and  devo- 
tion, and  to  becoming  diligence  in  the  great  work  we  are 
called  to  perform  for  Christ  and  eternity. 

Thus  one  seat  after  another  is  vacated  in  obedience  to 
those  Providential  calls  which  no  one  may  disobey : and 
soon  all  our  places  will  be  taken  by  those  who  are  to  come 
after  us.  Who  of  us  will  leave  behind  the  sweet  savor  of 
good  deeds  and  a life  of  Christian  faith  and  love.  Who 
will  die  a death  becoming  a righteous  person,  and  receive 
a victor’s  crown  ? 


Funeral  Arrangements  and  Procession, 


The  mortal  remains  of  Judge  Manierre  were  attended, 
after  the  religious  ceremonies  at  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church,  on  Sunday,  the  24th  of  May,  in  the 
order  following : 

1. — OFFICIATING-  CLERGYMAN, 

REV.  DR.  PATTERSON  AND  ATTENDING  PHYSICIANS  IN  CARRIAGES. 

3. — THE  MEMBERS  OF  THB  BAR,, 

ON  FOOT,  AND  PRECEDING  THE  HEARSE. 

3.— ALL  OFFICERS  OF  THE  VARIOUS  COURTS. 


4.— THE  HEARSE, 

ATTENDED  BY  TWELVE  PALLBEARERS,  CONSISTING  OF 


THOMAS  HOYNE, 
HUGH  T.  DICKEY, 
THOMAS  DRUMMOND, 
VAN  H.  HIGGINS, 
MARK  SKINNER, 
JOHN  WENTWORTH, 


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» 


L.  C.  P.  FREER, 
JOHN  M.  WILSON, 
GRANT  GOODRICH, 
I.  N.  ARNOLD, 

W.  H.  BROWN, 

ELI  B.  WILLIAMS. 


£5. — ALSO  ATTENDED  BY  ESCORT  OF  HONOR 

ON  THE  PART  OF  THE  CHICAGO  BAR,  AS  FOLLOWS, 


BUCKNER  S.  MORRIS, 
CORYDON  BECKWITH, 

H.  F.  WAITE, 

E.  S.  WILLIAMS, 

JOSEPH  A BRADWELL,- 
WILLIAM  K.  MCALLISTER, 


JOSEPH  A.  KNOX, 

S.  W.  FULLER, 

CHA’S  HITCHCOCK, 
EDWARD  MARTIN, 
ALONZO  HUNTINGTON, 
H.  G.  MILLER, 


6. — FAMILY  OF  DECEASED. 


V.— THE  MAYOR  AND  COMMON  COUNCIL. 


Hon.  S.  A.  Goodwin,  assisted  by  Elliott  Anthony  and  Ezra  B.  McCagg, 
were  appointed,  on  the  part  of  the  Bar,  to  take  charge  of  the  execution  of 
the  above  arrangements. 

The  following  named  members  of  the  profession  were  appointed  by  the 
Chairman  of  the  Bar  Meeting  to  present  the  Resolutions  to  the  various  Courts : 


SUPREME  COURT  OF  ILLINOIS,  - - - - S.  W.  FULLER, 

SUPERIOR  COURT, - W.  STEELE, 

CIRCUIT  COURT, B.  F.  AYER, 

U.  S.  CIRCUIT  COURT, C.  BECKWITH, 

RECORDER’S  COURT, H.  F.  WAITE, 

COUNTY  COURT, S.  B.  PERRY. 


The  Committee  on  Resolutions,  to  whom  was  entrusted  the  publication  of 
the  proceedings,  is — 

THOMAS  HOYNE,  JOSEPH  KNOX, 

ROBERT  HERVEY,  SANFORD  B.  PERRY, 

GEORGE  C.  BATES,  CHARLES  B.  HOSMER, 

D.  A.  WINSTON. 


